Junior Rangers!

Right when we reached West Yellowstone Tony took the kids in to the Visitor Information Center, where Tony purchased them a Junior Ranger Booklet. Throughout our drive through Yellowstone the kids had activities to do and tasks to complete. 1-Complete four activities in the hand book for example, National Park Bingo-Visit all of the sights in any one row, Visit a Hot Spring and show how many colors you see in the water, Circle the animals that you see throughout the park, 2-Go to one program by a Ranger, 3-Hike one Yellowstone Trail, 4-Follow all of Yellowstone's for example, do not feed the animals, stay on boardwalks and trails and do not pick flowers, 5-Explain why they want to be a Junior Ranger. Carsyn wrote that she wanted to learn about animals, Hayden wrote that he loves Junior Ranger and that he wants a badge, 6-Read the Junior pledge to an adult and understand it-As a Junior Ranger, I promise to learn all I can about Yellowstone and to teach others to love and respect its beauty, its plants, and its animals. 7-Find your state on the map and put a star there. Then draw a line from tour home to Yellowstone. 8-On a map of Yellowstone trace the roads that you traveled and mark the places you stopped.

Once they completed all 8 activities they headed to a Ranger Station to turn in their work book and get their patch.

The kids showing their work books.

The Ranger presenting them with their badges in front of everyone. Carsyn got a little embarrassed.

Showing off their badges.

Way to go kiddos!!