Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-25
Beware! Keep out OF the park!
EIcursionists in possession.

Next morning We started for the gevsers. I
was IN a two-seated vehicle carrying three per-
sons besides the driver. We came las: in the
procession OF vehicles. position which We re-
tanned and which We utilized to enable US to
linger at points of interest without DELAYING
our fellow travellers. The day was one OF stage
riding, with sufficient sldeshows to make the
trip an interesting one. GliInpses OF tho top
OF the mountains, which constitute the rocky
wall OF the park. the yellow cliffs of Golden
Crate, the black and Gin places glstening walls
OF volcanic glass that make up ObsidiGn cliff
little cataracts like Rustic falls. the beaver
dams and houses Of Beaver lake. the springs
and second-rate geysers of the Norris basin,
which lie near the road. contributed 10 the III
terest OF the days sightseeing The most
notable sell of the day was the guide books
wonderful roadway OF obsidian. 1.-THE only piece
OF glass road In the world" Visions OF tread
ing upon New Jerusalem style Of pavement
were dispelled by sight of the road. which on
the surface Is unmistakable dirt, with no visible
points OF superiority over any other road
What lies beneath the surface the foundation
OF the road. whether volcanic glass, gold ore or
gravel, Opponents say not and care not The
journey Was also enIIyened by the ''lrrepressibe
conflict between the drivers and certain tour
lists. Hostllitles on the part of the latter con-
sisted In hiring countless fool questions" at
the drivers, IN delaying the vehicles at each
supposed poln. Of interest and in writing de-
mandatory letters to the newspapers after the
trip. The drivers got even by occasionally
starting their horses with unusual prompt
ness geyser appeared to be
about to play, and by way Of further
retaliation they have named geyser
''lne 4ourlsl which does nothing bu. growl
and sput;er. Late in the afternoon we arrived
at Lower Geyser basin. We stopped there to
spend the night, mainly, it appeared. because
the hotel had been built there. There seemed
TO be no other reason for tarrying at this point
instead Of pushing on to Fountain or Excelsior
geyser, where there was something 10 see We
invited rheumatism and strained our ewes
standing on and gazing from the damp banks of
the Firehole river ut alleged beavers, which it
appears, are accustomed to come out into the
river TO feed just when it gets too dark to see
them. Then, having exhausted the sights, we
| went to bed.
on TO The GEYsERs.
The next day was geyser day. The pro-
gram presented q series of wonderful sights
from early in the morning until late at night
The first geyser which we saw was the Fount-
ain, and because II was the first we were much
impressed by It's eruption. Its water column
when 1t is spouting Is fountain-like and pleas
ing In shape, but it does not play to any great
height Near it are the paint pots, an exhibit
of the results when the hot water Of the park
forces Its way to the surface through earth in
stead Of rock. basin forty by sixty feet.
like that Of spring. is filed with a throbbing
mass OF mud. 1t Is like the most agitated and
threatening of quicksands. Mud waves OF
various shapes surge up and fall back with a
plop-plop, plunkety-plunk accompaniment.
At one point In the basin the mud rim Is
broken. and numerous mud cones, foot or
two in height, have been formed The mud at
this point Is red, pink and gray. and from this
fact the name paint pots is derived. Some of
the cones belong to miniature mud geysers
which play to the height OF several feet.