[Geysers] Avoca Spring

[TSBryan at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/2/2008 5:51:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time,  
riozafiro at comcast.net writes:

Avoca  means "It leads" in Spanish (from the verb avocar, to lead), and   
whether or not that is the reason for the spring's name, it  certainly  
has taken the lead over from the Silver Globes, and  although there is  
water in that system, I didn't see anything erupt  in about 30 minutes  
of observation.



I'll have to go up to take a look at Avoca, because this activity is  totally 
different from what I saw in April-early May when Silver Globe was high  and 
Avoca was a quiet steam vent.
 
As for the name -- who knows? Years ago, in the course of a guided Biscuit  
Basin walk ("Silver Globes, Sapphires, and Other Gems"), I had a visitor tell 
me  about Avoca Spring in Ireland. Not far from Dublin, it was said to be the  
meeting camping and parley place, the one place in Ireland where competing 
kings  (dukes, chiefs, whatever) could meet in peace.
 
Scott Bryan



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