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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No, I didn't forget. It's just that
inspiration was delayed a bit this year. Here's hoping for a better<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">new year filled with joy from our strange and
wonderful obsession.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Season's Greetings to All,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Steve Gryc<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Colter’s Hell</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(to the tune of “Jingles Bells”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">At Gardiner we arrive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In a beat-up Chevrolet,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Through the park we drive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gazing all the way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We see a boiling spring<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Erupting to great height,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What fun it is to ride and sing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A gazing song tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh, Colter’s Hell, sulphur smell,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Brimstone all around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh what fun it is to see<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mud boiling in the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Travertine, stinking steam,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sinter everywhere,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sputs and holes and fumeroles<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To make us stop and stare.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A day or two ago<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought I’d take a ride<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On out to Iron Creek<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Guidebook at my side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The day was cold and dank<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Misfortune seemed my lot,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But right along the river bank<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Cliff Geyser upshot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh, Colter’s Hell, sulphur smell,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Brimstone all around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh what fun it is to see<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mud boiling in the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Travertine, stinking steam,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sinter everywhere,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sputs and holes and fumeroles<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To make us stop and stare.</span></span></p>
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