I was just wondering, why in the world didn't Bron head to the great valley after he had heard that his wife had died? I mean, I could see searching for Littlefoot for a little while, but he obviously searched for a long time. Didn't it occur to him that his wife might have told Littlefoot about the valley before she died and that Littlefoot might have been trying to reach it? If I were Bron, I would have searched for a few days and then went straight to the great valley, hoping to meet my son on the way there. Even if I didn't meet him there, there was a greater probability that I would come there rather than me finding him by randomly searching. He said that the bright circle fell and rose many times on his search, so I'd say he searched for a long time before finding Shorty and the others. Why didn't he head to the great valley?