[Geysers] Some non-geyser stuff

[Jacob Young]

OFF GEYSER TOPIC ANSWERS:

I know several people that have gone scuba diving at
the Firehole swimming area.  They said that the
current is amazingly strong at 'the gap' (if you've
ever floated the rapids, you know where this is). 
There's all sorts of people items at the bottom of the
pool.  There are big fish down there.  The depth of
the pool can change dramatically from year to year
(10's of feet to as much as a 25 foot difference if I
remember correctly) depending on how heavy the spring
runoff is.


Having worked in housekeeping at Canyon, I can tell
you that those teepees were built by kids that were
staying at the cabins and everyday they change shape
and size as more kids (and maybe adults) add to them. 
Xanterra employees have too much partying to do to
mess with teepees.

The geology part I can only speculate on.



Jake


--- Dave TAYLOR <dtaylor at weber.edu> wrote:

> Over the Labor Day weekend, I noticed a few
> 'irregularities' I was wondering if anyone knew
> anything about.
> 
> 1)  About 11:00 A.M Sat. 9/4, while driving along
> the Firehole Falls drive, there was a large
> gathering of people with scuba gear parked just
> alongside the swimming hole.  I didn't see anyone in
> the water yet, and was a bit confused.  This didn't
> seem to be a search and rescue, as I saw no
> 'officials' present, but I wasn't aware recreational
> scuba diving was organized in the Firehole river. 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 2)  While staying at Canyon Village (in the 'P'
> cabins), my 5 year old found great delight in the 10
> or so lodgepole pine tee-pees scattered in the
> forest behind the cabins (just east of the P40 - P
> 80 cabins).  My suspicion is that these are the
> result of Park and/or Xanterra employees with
> nothing better to do.  Some were rather large, and
> took quite a bit of effort to build.  I'm not an
> expert on winter weathering, but these looked to be
> new this summer.  Can anyone shed any light on the
> origin of these things?
> 
> 3)  While at Mud Volcano, I overheard a ranger
> discussing how the water there was much newer than
> the water at Old Faithful, indicating that the Mud
> Volcano water was only a few years old, while O.F.
> is closer to hundreds.  Has anyone else heard this
> (not that I doubt it), and is anyone aware of what
> the geology is behind the difference?
> 
> Oh, and by the way, we saw Old Faithful go off
> around 1:00 P.M. on 9/4.  (That's the best geyser
> report I can offer with  5, 3 and ½ year old kids
> accompanied by Grandma).
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Taylor
> S.A. Webmaster
> 626-6737
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