[Geysers] Yellowstone memorial for Sam

[Lynn Stephens]

Theresa didn't specify a date, other than the 1 July to 4 July weekend, and didn't specify a location.  Since the 4th is Monday and some people may want to leave in early or mid-afternoon, I think the 2 or 3 would be better.  I'll check with Theresa and will post further information from her on the listserv.
 
1992 was at Great Fountain and Scott said "as many as 43" people attended.
1993--Scott didn't put anything in the Sput for 1993 and I was in Africa so I can't provide any information.
1994--Bob Berger started writing the "Geyser Gazer News" column in 1994. He reported the Fourth of July picnic was held on Sunday the third in front of the lower Hamilton Store with forty to fifty attendees.  Ledge was the competing geyser in 1994, but wasn't regular enough to move the picnic to Norris.
1995--Bob reported the 1995 Fourth of July picnic was actually held on July 4 with "largest crowd ever; more than 70 attended."  He added "the event has become too big to be conducted as it has been.  Next year we need to find a different format..."  Competing geyser was a D17 Grand.
1996--Bob reported there wasn't a Fourth of July Gazer picnic.  This may have been the year the gazer picnic moved to the end of August/early September, possibly Labor Day weekend, with a spaghetti feed and wine tasting at Lower Hams in 1996.  This picnic has since evolved into the Labor Day wine tasting at the Lodge. 
 
Lynn

 


From: janet.johns5 at verizon.net
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Spring Creek picnics
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 09:34:53 -0400







 
I know its been many years since the July 4 picnics.    We had a number of picnics and yes, the last one was over 100 people.  
 
We have picnic pictures from:
1988- in the Ham's parking lot with the Freunds, Dunns, Hoppes, Johns, and Bob Berger.  I think that was the first one.  
1989 picnic at Biscuit Basin...the group is much larger. Includes Bob Hoffman, Johns, Goldbergs, Freunds, Fritzs, Dunns, Marie Wolfe,  Tom Houghman and Ann Deutch, Tomas Vachuda, and the backs of a bunch we can't name.
1990-Spring Creek
1991- Morning interrupted planned picnic at Ojo Caliente, Lew and I left Morning to tell Bob and Dave, and we still haven't seen Morning!.
 
Our camera broke and we have zero pictures until 1996. But I remember (ha-trust that one).
1992- I think one was held at Great Fountain?  I remember a Great Fountain picnic and Udo's trunk full of wine!
1993- Maybe the last picnic? The last picnic was in the Lower Ham Store and was over a hundred people.  Bob and Dave Berger cooked spaghetti the entire day before to make enough pasta and we went to West to purchase 15 loaves of bread to turn to garlic toast.  The Freunds provide much wine!
 
Planning a picnic around geysers is important.  But given that we need to keep active geysers and weather in mind...should we plan a July 4th picnic at the Nes Pierce picnic area to honor Sam?  It has lots of parking space, outhouses and a lack of mosquitoes that the Spring Creek area is famous for hosting. Hot dogs, beans and beer?  We have a grill and I bet lots of others do also that could bring them along.  Or in front of the Ham's store?  I was worried about too many people for in front of the Ham store.  Ideas?
 
Oh, if gas goes above $4.75 a gal, we won't be in the park this year.  But I'm hoping that isn't happening.
 
Jan
 
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:08 PM


To: 'Geyser Observation Reports' 
Subject: RE: [Geysers] Spring Creek picnics



Lynn and others,
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I recall seeing a video of Ted reading some poetry, probably at the July 3rd picnic you mentioned.  I’m not sure who shot it but it might have been the Hoppe’s.  I mention this because if nobody has the written poems they could be transcribed from the video by some enterprising soul.  The video would likely also show Sam if he was there.
 
Sadly we missed that gathering because we came after Labor Day in 1990 when Eric was almost a year old.  Interesting to note that our kid’s milestones help to keep the years from running together.  Those July 4th pot-lucks started getting rather large in the early 90’s.  Didn’t we have over 100 at one of them?
 

Udo Freund
GOSA Store
www.gosa.org
 


From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Lynn Stephens
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 9:57 AM
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
Subject: [Geysers] Spring Creek picnics
 
In a brief post, I indicated there were at least two Spring Creek picnics involving various gazers.  I should have been more specific in my original post and provided more details to help distinguish between the various picnics.
 
The one I originally referenced occurred in the late summer, with, as I remember, only six gazers in attendance.  While a couple of us cooked dinner, Sam spent much of the time working on one of his water flow meters.  At that time Rick Hutchinson did not have much equipment available to monitor geysers.  (The infrared on Old Faithful and the large seismograph type unit were the only two that I remember, although he must have had more because neither of those would have worked to gather the Plume data that I remember seeing posted in logbooks in the early 1990s.)  Sam had been a Volunteer since the early 1970's and, with Rick's approval, used water flow meters to monitor geysers such as Great Fountain and Grand on a routine basis, and a few others on a periodic basis.
 
There was another gazer picnic at Spring Creek picnic area for the 4th of July 1990 gazer get-together.  
 
I remember bringing my stove and cooking spaghetti at that picnic.  I know it was the wone in 1990 because Erin was driving at that time and she did not have her driver's licence in 1989.  Jan's post prompted me to go to the 1990 issues of The Sput to see what information, if any, was available about that picnic.  Scott printed an item:
 
"The 4th of July Get-together, coordinated with our thanks by Lynn Stephens, was actually held on the 3rd in order to accomodate some folks who had to leave the next day.  At least 42 Friends of the Geysers gathered at the Spring creek picnic area for an evening potluck.  It was by all accounts a rousing success.  As special events, Sue Wall prepared a birthday cake for Karl Hoppe, complete with a decoration showing Beehive; and Ham's store employee Ted Olkoski read some of his geyser poetry."
 
I don't specifically remember whether Sam was in attendance.  Perhaps some of you remember?
 
For those of you who don't remember Ted Olkoski, he worked at the Lower Hamilton's store.  Scott published one of Ted's poems in 1989.  I located another of his poems in one of Rick's annual reports.  I have already sent Tom and Genean a "Little Bit" column, probably for the August Sput, containing some Yellowstone poetry written by gazers and Ted.  Does anyone else out there have any of Ted's poetry?  Does anyone have any information about how to contact Ted or his family?  Also, does anyone remember other details about the July 3, 1990 get together?
 
Finally, does anyone else remember any other gazer get togethers at Spring Creek picnic area?  
 
Thanks, and again, my apologies to Jan for not being more specific in my original post.  
 
Lynn



From: pinkconemtgo at gmail.com
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Brief Memorial for Sam -- sometime weekend of July 4
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 06:26:04 -0400

Hmm..I know we made spaghetti and Tom and Genean made garlic rolls. Who else  cooked spaghett?  At least two of us did that. 

 

Jan

 



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