TRICERATOPS
It's name means "three horned face". Not all Triceratops had 3 horns. Sometimes the nasal horn was very short and almost absent. It is a HERBIVORE, which means it ate plants, not meat. It liked to eat ferns and small trees. TRICERATOPS lived in the Late Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. Scientists believe that TRICERATOPS lived in herds, because they have found large numbers of fossilized skeletons together in the same areas. They call these areas "bone beds". TRICERATOPS lived in the Rocky Mountain areas of Canada and the United States.
Height... 10 feet or 3 meters
Length... 25 - 30 feet or 7.6 - 9 meters
Weight... 4 - 6 tons or 3.5 - 5.3 metric tons
TRICERATOPS had a small brain, but it's head was huge; Up to 11 feet or 3.3 meters long. The bony frill around it's head was 7 feet or 2.1 meters wide. It's horns were as long as broom handles.
THE CACHE
You are looking for a camo painted 2L peanut butter jar.
SWAG
All swag is dinosaur themed and child friendly. Please stick to the theme when making your trade.
INAPPROPRIATE SWAG: gravel from the trail, liquids, scented items, dirty, old or broken toys
THE TRAIL
This trail is called the Rotary Way Trail. This is a very well used trail, and it connects to MacGregor Point Provincial Park at the west access point and to the Gore Drain Trail at the north access point. It can be accessed from Concession 4, and also from Bruce Road 33. This trail is well groomed for walking or riding a bicycle. In the winter some people hike and snow shoe along this trail. There might be seasonal hunting in the crown lands that surround this trail. There are signs to warn both the walkers and the hunters that this trail is multi use and passes through the crown lands.
PARKING AND PORT-A-POTTY
There are 2 parking lots. One is on the south side of Con. 4 and the other is several meters north of the trail access point on Bruce Rd. 33. Both have space for several cars. In the winter the parking lots are not plowed, but you may be able to find enough room on the side of the road at times.
During late spring and summer only, there is usually 1 SEASONAL PORT-A-POTTY beside the Gore Drain Trail sign on the N side of Con. 4, across from the parking lot.
April 2019...I have added the "may require wading" attribute because for the past several years there have been more areas of the trail covered in water 3 to 5 inches deep. This end of the trail is prone to flooding in the spring.
This cache is part of the DINOSAUR series: #1 is APATOSAURUS GC47T1W #2 is TRICERATOPS GC54R91 #3 is TYRANNOSAURUS REX GC48D15 #4 is PTERANODON REBIRTH GC87HY1 #5 is PARASAUROLOPHUS GC54RBE #6 is STEGOSAURUS GC90VDG
ATTRACTION: child friendly...beautiful wooded area along the winding trail
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PEN...the pencils have been known to grow legs and escape!
PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF WHERE YOU ARE RETRIEVING THE CACHE CONTAINER FROM, AND RETURN IT TO THE EXACT LOCATION TO PREVENT MIGRATION...IN THIS CASE, OFF THE GROUND AND SUSPENDED IN A CAGE
