[Geysers] from a tour ad

[sgryc at comcast.net]

Either the tour company confused Yellowstone with Calistoga, California or they are actually offering a tour of Calistoga with its man-made "geyser." 
Here's the description of the Old Faithful Geyser of Calistoga: 

About every 30 minutes, visitors to the Old Faithful Geyser of California are treated to an eruption of steam and scalding water spraying 60 to 100 feet in the air. There are only two other "old faithful" geysers in the world that have earned the title due to their regular eruptions. 


I wonder where the third "Old Faithful" geyser is. 


Steve Gryc 

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From: "Tom Kearney" <twogazers at hotmail.com> 
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu 
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:59:05 PM 
Subject: Re: [Geysers] from a tour ad 


Maybe someone should contact them? 

Working 16 summers for the Park Service around Old Faithful I heard the old folk wisdom about eruptions on the hour and how the geysers built up pressure repeated endlessly by tour guides. 

The year I drove the Yellowstone tour bus and observed the outside tour groups all around the park convinced me that they were factually challenged on every topic, Tauck Tours being the worst. 

Tom Kearney 



From: kdboregon at gmail.com 
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:09:53 -0800 
To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu 
Subject: Re: [Geysers] from a tour ad 


Scott: 
If you were asked to re-write that, what would you say? 


Thanks, 


Kevin Brown 

On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:29 AM, < TSBryan at aol.com > wrote: 





A travel company called Collette is offering a tour of western national parks. This tour will include Yellowstone where (and I quote) "One of the many highlights is the world-famous Old Faithful geyser [sic], a fountain of steam that rises more than 60 feet in the air." 

Well, OK -- steam is involved, and I guess that "more than 60 feet" is technically correct. But I wonder if the tour people have actually seen the thing. 

Scott Bryan 


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