<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/2/2008 5:51:33 PM Mountain Daylight Time, riozafiro@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Avoca means "It leads" in Spanish (from the verb avocar, to lead), and  <BR>whether or not that is the reason for the spring's name, it certainly  <BR>has taken the lead over from the Silver Globes, and although there is  <BR>water in that system, I didn't see anything erupt in about 30 minutes  <BR>of observation.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. <A title="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002" href="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002" target="_blank">Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>