[Geysers] Re: Road patterns at Old Faithful

[Janet Chapple]

Just to set the record straight on the OF interchange: According to 
Mary Shivers Culpin's tome, "The History of the Construction of the 
Road System . . .", page 179, the interchange was built in 1969. Of 
course, Phil's precise memories of he old road would also be correct: 
Culpin doesn't say so, but, no doubt, the old road would have been left 
as it was until about two years later.

Janet Chapple
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On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:26 PM, <phil.winkler at comcast.net> wrote:

> I don't know where it says that the road was changed in 1969, but that 
> source is not correct. When I went to Yellowstone in June of 1971, I 
> could and did drive the old road, past Castle, Riverside, Morning 
> Glory, Artemisia, etc. When I went the next summer--twice, once with 
> my dad and once with my sister's family--the old road had been closed. 
> My memory on this is quite precise for many reasons. I got out of the 
> Army the previous November (1970), after coming back from Vietnam, 
> bought my first car, went back to graduate school, and the June '71 
> trip was my first vacation trip alone. One day I parked my car by 
> Artemisia, sat in the car, read while I waited, and was rewarded with 
> an eruption. I think it was also on that trip that I first met Scott 
> Bryan. That trip was the culmination of much planning and 
> anticipation, when I spent 12 days in the Park, after two previous 
> visits had both been short, one of less than 48 hours. After hearing 
> about it over the years, my kids all refer to this as "Your famous '71 
> trip," generally said in unison and with a distinctive tone of voice. 
> The old road was closed sometime between June of 1971 and summer 1972.
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