<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE type=text/css>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18854"></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thank you for the musical gift! The Medleys</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sgryc@comcast.net href="mailto:sgryc@comcast.net">sgryc@comcast.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geyser Observation Reports</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Geyser Carol 2009</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear All,<BR><BR>I apologize to all who have been anxiously awaiting this year's geyser carol.  I don't know where the time has flown since my first such effort in 1997 (i.e. <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">I'm Dreaming of a Mastiff Function</SPAN>).  This year's carol is a touching anthem of regret titled <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Away In Back Basin.</SPAN>  So drink a hot toddy to loosen your vocal chords and dull your aesthetic senses and then sing out as you would at a Giant Geyser start.<BR><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Away In Back Basin<BR></SPAN></SPAN>(to the tune of "Away in a Manger")<BR><BR>Away in Back Basin<BR>No gazers do tread.<BR>Echinus is silent,<BR>The Monarch is dead.<BR><BR>No Steamboat eruptions <BR>Now mount to the sky.<BR>The tourists still go there,<BR>But gazers ask, "Why?"<BR><BR>Destroyed is the geyser<BR>That we called Pork Chop,<BR>And years ago vandals<BR>Caused Minute to stop.<BR><BR>Where Son of Green Dragon's<BR>The best you can do,<BR>Back Basin is no place<BR>You want to go to.<BR><BR><BR>Well, that's a bit of a downer, isn't it?  I think we need to reprise a more uplifting carol from 1999.  Remember this?<BR><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Let us gaze!  Let us gaze!  Let us gaze! </SPAN>(posted 1999)<BR>(to the tune of "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!")<BR><BR>Oh the weather outside is frightful<BR>But the Beehive's so delightful,<BR>And since we're here just three days,<BR>Let us gaze! Let us gaze! Let us gaze!<BR><BR>Both Anemone's vents are popping,<BR>And they show no signs of stopping,<BR>And Lion is in steam phase,<BR>Let us gaze! Let us gaze! Let us gaze!<BR><BR>When it's quarter past ten at night,<BR>How I hate sitting out in the storm!<BR>But if Giantess goes tonight<BR>All the spray will keep me warm.<BR><BR>The Giant Geyser is steaming,<BR>And its viewing platform's teeming,<BR>So if they’re no Grotto delays,<BR>Let us gaze! Let us gaze! Let us gaze!<BR><BR>Seasonal greetings to all with the hope of great gazing in 2010!<BR>Steve Gryc<BR><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR>Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>