<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Oops. What can I say? It was late; there was eggnog involved.<div><br></div><div>Steve Gryc<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"JOChapple" <jochapple@earthlink.net><br><b>To: </b>"Geyser Observation Reports" <geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 24, 2012 4:37:14 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Geysers] Geyser Carol 2012<br><br>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" target="_blank">sgryc@comcast.net</a>> <<a href="mailto:sgryc@comcast.net" target="_blank">sgryc@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><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</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.</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; "> </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; ">Season's Greetings to All,</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</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; "> </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; "> </span></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; "></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”)</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; "> </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</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,</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</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.</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</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,</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</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.</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; "> </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,</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.</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</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.</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,</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,</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</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 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; "> </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</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</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</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.</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</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,</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</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.</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; "> </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,</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.</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</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.</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,</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,</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</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" target="_blank">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Geysers mailing list<br>Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<br>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</div></div></body></html>