Old Faithful

[urbpan]

Old Faithful is the most well-known and frequently visited thermal feature of Yellowstone. The facts that it reliably erupts every 90 minutes or so (though the eruption we attended was about 20 minutes late) and is relatively close to park entrance, have probably helped contribute to its popularity. It's the only geyser most people know by name. Visiting was weirdly like going to see a celebrity, or a famous animal at a zoo, like Free Willy.

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[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I feel like that when I walk into a gallery and unexpectedly see a famous painting. "Look it's him!" *sqeeeal!*

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[morbidloren.livejournal.com]

Last time I went to Kennedy's grave in Arlington, I photographed the crowd. See? We're kindred spirits.

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

I'm still angry at my mother over Old Faithful. We (myself, my two siblings, my grandmother, and her) were planning on seeing an eruption, but our timing was bad, so we went to get something to eat at the lodge first.

The service was slow and we had to wait what seemed like eons for a table. This was a cue to my siblings to run around like wild monkeys - climbing on things, shrieking, touching things, etc. Mom warned us and warned us that if we didn't behave, we wouldn't see O.F. My idiot sister didn't care aobut seeing the geyser, so she continued to misbehave. I *did* want to see it, so I applied sibling justice in the form of some surreptitious punching under the table.

Unfortunately, I got caught, and catching me was the straw that broke the camel's back. When lunch was over, all three of us were frogmarched back to the car, and thoroughly lectured instead of seeing Old Faithful erupt.

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

wow, i saw it 43 years ago, still going huh? me too, but not so regular..

tourists ey?, they never change