GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes
If it’s still here tomorrow… I may ignore it again
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- Jan 20, 2007
Can’t place that one to a particular film…Chapter 18: Fire In The Hole!
But I can tie it into something that’s still quite entertaining:
It was our 17th anniversary, and Julie and I were going to celebrate by walking around the smelly steam vents on top of a supervolcano.
Can’t think of another reason that would necessitate running.For some reason, most likely diaper-related, I needed to run out and get something…
Seafood stew and roasted veal shanks…I would have ordered the steak, because I have no idea what a "cioppino" or an "osso buco" is.
And if I’d ever get over this rotten block I’ve imposed on myself over our last trip’s TR, you’d have already heard about osso. Let me just say that if you ever sail DCL again, you need to go to Palo at least once (if not every night) and the osso buco needs to be tried.
But that don’t mean it’d be worth a whooy at this place, now do it?
This sounds like a better evening anyway considering where y’all are.Listening to the word-of-mouth reviews led me to cancel my dinner reservation and splurge on the chuckwagon experience in the Tetons instead.
I don’t know… I’ve had it done to me before.figuring it would be harder to screw up basic breakfast…
And let’s not even think about the fact that “breakfast” can be purchased at McD or Toc Bell…
<<shudder>>
Well that’s a relief.This turned out to be a good call.
Noooooo…Now, remember when I said our plan was for today to be the “easy” day, just exploring the Upper Geyser Basin? Well, I fibbed a bit.
You? Fib?
Perish the thought.
Does it ever fail?Rope Drop worked once again…
I wouldn’t be offering that up as a contest on the Dad’s thread…You can probably guess where that name came from.
You know exactly the kind of mayhem that would instigate.
It’s really the only option…I could do this one more time, right?
Somehow, this surprises me not.Until, that is, we reached the hill. Then there was nothing but up.
Not too shabby…Since we did all that work to get here, we had to take more than one photo.
You’ve gotten a couple of decent random stranger pics on this trip.
The strangers must be practicing up a bit more than usual.
Not tourists…We stopped at the Visitor Center, where sucker—excuse me, tourists can pay $3 more for a Young Scientist booklet.
educationally minded parents of conscientious and responsible future leaders.
You’ve got to keep up this false image we have of y’all, ya’ know.
$36.3 billion? Heck, I’m sure you’ve got that on the hip right now, don’t you?You only have to sign a waiver that promises you’ll buy the government a new aircraft carrier if you break the kit or lose it.
Well that explains the average temperature in that river you were looking at earlier then, now don’t it.?Generally speaking, we measured temperatures around 140 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of those hot springs.
A bit like planning for an Anna and Else Meet n greet.These geysers only erupt a few times a day and the predictions sometimes give a range of +/- 30 minutes or +/- 1 hour, so it’s hardly an exact science. It makes it a little tricky to plan the day, too.
Oh?It was about here when I realized that my plan for an “easy”, “relaxing”, “leisurely” walk around the geyser basin was a little far-fetched.
About half of the average day trekking through Epcot, then…I hadn’t realized it, but the entire loop around the geyser basin is 4.6 miles of walking.
Y’all got this.
**sigh**At the very end of the trail was the Morning Glory Pool, which has long been known for its spectacular color. Sadly, over time the color has begun to fade—and this is due to people throwing coins, trash, and other crap into the pool over the years.
Someone needs to take the business end of the hand and slap that “people” dude up side his thick skull.
But of course, I’d never advocate violence against the mentally challenged.
Just wouldn’t be proper…
Bless their hearts.
Wow, that shows great restraint on their part.It was on the walk back towards Old Faithful and the lodge that the kids started giving me crap.
Normally that kind of stuff would start as soon as their feet hit the floor in the morning.
I see it…I think Giant Ogre Geyser would be a more appropriate name.
Reminds me a little of the old “Killroy” drawings…
just with one hand rather than two.
We need to be warned?I’ll leave you with a warning not to stand on geysers, or any other geothermal features in Yellowstone.
Seriously?
OooooKaaaaay, but it really hadn’t crossed my mind…Seriously, don’t do it.
must be something wrong with my thought processes.
Oh, well now that would be a catastrophe…Also, you might lose your hat.
(and I apologize, up front for this, but my first thought was “cap-tastrophe”, but only Barry could get away with actually writing something that gawd-awful).
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