[Geysers] Interesting history

[TSBryan at aol.com]

It is really amazing what you come up with in the leaqst expected places. 
Here's a bit of info I found, by accident, while researching the Wiley Camp (and 
finding that it is actually named aftrer Wiley Coyote, who frequented the 
garbage dump).
I thought you'd appreciate this bit of biological history.

Very few people know that moose (plural: mooses) and geese (plural: gooses) 
occasionally breed together. The offspring are not seen very often. This is 
believed to be because they realize that they are really odd looking beasts and 
they cannot stand being laughed at. However, invisible though they may be, 
their call is often heard. Keeping with their joint mooses-gooses heritage, their 
sound resembles a loud (indeed, raucous) "moot".

It is because this is heard at a place between Grand Teton and Yellowstone 
more often than anyplace else that that roadside turnout is named MOOT POINT.

Not much farther along the highway is another roadside turnout where, because 
the animal call is never heard, the name is MUTE POINT.

Really.

TSB
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