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Photo
Diary Entries
Winter 2007 |
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I
remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the
fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and
poplar trees. The trail has strung upon
it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns
and saffron sunsets. It has given me
blessed release from care and worry and the
troubled thinking of our modern day. It
has been a return to the primitive and the
peaceful. Whenever the pressure of our
complex city life thins my blood and benumbs my
brain, I seek relief in the trail...my cares
fall from me - I am happy. ~
Hamlin Garland,
McClure's,
February 1899 |
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Entry:
February 7, 2007
A quick trip to Old Fort resulted in this photo of Andrews
Geyser. The man-made geyser was constructed in the
late 1800s, and the valve to control the water resides at the Inn
on Mill Creek. A 6" pipe runs the 2 miles down the
mountain to the geyser basin. With 500 feet of elevation pressure
funneled through a 1/2" nozzle, the geyser rises over 80 feet high. The
railroad runs along the ridge behind the geyser (and behind
Dave's Ranger in the photo below...).
On sunny
mornings, a rainbow effect occurs at the geyser.
When you stay with
us, it's worth making the short trip down the valley to check out the geyser for yourself!
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