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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>I was amazed at the number of people in another gray area that shall remain unmentioned for obvious reasons. It looked like a tour bus had unloaded. That area is every bit as sensitive and unsafe to the average tourist as White Creek. So my suggestion is to remove all mention of everything except where there are boardwalks and officially approved and maintained trails. Someday NPS will close the entire Park to unescorted tourists. It’s already happened in the winter season, except for the road to Cooke City.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#007600'>Thanks,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#007600'>Udo Freund</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <br></span><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." --Will Rogers</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>JOChapple<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 23, 2012 3:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Geyser Observation Reports<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geysers] White Creek access trail<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you to all who answered my query about the White Creek informal trail. The four very different answers from four people show the great diversity in ways of thinking among our small group of people who care a lot about the geysers.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Now that I know a little more about it, I will remove any mention of the White Creek features in <i>Yellowstone Treasures</i>. Besides wanting to offer a useful book about the park, my intention has always been to present (1) interesting but accurate information and (2) to keep in mind the best interests of the park and its features.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would welcome any corrections or other constructive suggestions from geyser gazers. This is an especially good time to let me know anything you have observed that doesn’t belong in this book or that can be improved, since we are preparing a new edition of the guidebook. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gazers must accept, though, that the geyser information has to be quite general in a book that cannot be updated every year. While I may salivate over those Morning Geyser eruptions that didn't keep going long enough for me to get there, I can't justify mentioning treats like that.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>