We agree with Scott--certainly one of your best! Thank you.<div>Emily, Libby and Jay Medley<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 5:55 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sgryc@comcast.net" target="_blank">sgryc@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Oops. What can I say? It was late; there was eggnog involved.<div> <br></div><div>Steve Gryc<br><br><hr><b>From: </b>"JOChapple" <<a href="mailto:jochapple@earthlink.net" target="_blank">jochapple@earthlink.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Geyser Observation Reports" <<a href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>><br> <b>Sent: </b>Monday, December 24, 2012 4:37:14 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Geysers] Geyser Carol 2012<div><div class="h5"><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><blockquote><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial"><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 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 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 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 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 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 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 style="font-size:medium">Colter’s Hell</span></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"><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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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><a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br><a 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