<html><head><base href="x-msg://353/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks, Steve. Just had to stop what I was doing and sing your masterpiece!<div><br></div><div>Ever the editor: gotta make it "Jingle Bells" and "fumaroles" for my permanent copy. . ,<br><div><br></div><div>Happy Christmas to all!</div><div><br></div><div>Janet Chapple</div><div>----------</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 24, 2012, at 10:08 AM, <<a href="mailto:sgryc@comcast.net">sgryc@comcast.net</a>> <<a href="mailto:sgryc@comcast.net">sgryc@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> </span></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Steve Gryc<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> </span></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> </span></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">At Gardiner we arrive<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Gazing all the way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Erupting to great height,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">A gazing song tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Brimstone all around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Travertine, stinking steam,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Sinter everywhere,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Guidebook at my side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Misfortune seemed my lot,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The Cliff Geyser upshot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Brimstone all around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Travertine, stinking steam,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Sinter everywhere,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">To make us stop and stare.</span></span></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Geysers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>