We had planned to take a hike up Bunsen Peak but MomMom decided to let us sleep in since the weather didn’t look good enough. We had breakfast at McDonalds and it was a lot of money. Then we drove into the Canyon area of the park. We walked out to Artist Point on the South Rim of the Canyon. PopPop and MomMom really wanted to see that because it was closed when they were here before. We hiked Uncle Tom’s Trail which is more than 300 steps down to the bottom of the Lower Falls. Then we hiked down the Red Rock Point on the North Rim which takes you down to another view of the Lower Falls. Then we took our pictures pushing on the Glacier Rock. We drove down to Fishing Bridge and had lunch. Then we drove around the bottom of the lower loop to show Mommy where we hiked up Elephant Back Trail before she got here but it was CLOSED. We don’t know why but think someone may have seen a bear there.
Then we stopped at the Madison Junior Ranger station to attend a Ranger Talk about horns and antlers. Here is what we learned:
In Yellowstone four animals have antlers and 4 animals have horns.
Antlers are White tail deer, elk, moose and mule deer
Horns are Pronghorns, big horn sheep, bison and mountain goats.
Antlers are bone and Horns are made out of fingernail material.
Only the boys have antlers but boys and girls have horns
Antlers fall off every winter. Horns don’t fall off except for the pronghorns.
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