[Geysers] geyser report/ Sub Geyser eruption

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Hello all, what a beautiful day in the park today. I started will 3 moose  
and 70 bull elk in the Big Sky area, and then one of the largest wolves I 
have  seen yet, on the other side of the Firehole River 1/4 mile south of the 
Firehole  Picnic area.
 
The rest of the day at Black Sand, Biscuit and Old Faithful was uneventful, 
 until the Lower Geyser Basin. 
 
All times are 02/21/10 unless otherwise noted:
 
Great Fountain  10:13 ie (from the road on the way in)
Super Frying Pan 13:23 ie, quit at 13:29
Jet  13:29; 13:40
Kaleidoscope    13:28; 13:30; 13:32; 13:33; 13:34
Fountain     13:48 ns  (right as we hit the  parking lot)
Morning's Thief     13:52; 13:57 (great view of  Fountain and the Thief 
from the road.
Sub Geyser:  13:23; 13:29  both shots were 10 to 20 about the  crater rim, 
I can't recall seeing Sub shoot that high before.   
 
Sure the wolf was nice, but the Lower Geyser Basin was my highlight  today. 
 Some Bighorn Sheep and Mule Deer rounded out the day upon arriving  back 
within the shadows of Lone Mountain.
 
>From 02/19/10:
 
Fountain   13:59 ns
 
On a side note, I agree with Lynn's note about winter use.  When  taking 
tour reservations, I have had a couple of people on the phone in tears,  
because they couldn't afford to go into the park. Personally, I don't like it  
that I can not afford it to go into the park unless I'm working in the  
wintertime. Some side notes: the snowcoaches the environmentalists are calling  
for, well mine today used 26 gallons of fuel, on a hard pack day.  On a  soft 
snow day the coach will use about 40+ gallons, it's all about the  friction. 
 The same van with wheels will make the same trip to OF and back  from West 
using 4-6 gallons. Let's plow it and get it open year 'round, and make  it 
affordable to the public, not just the rich.
 
Jim Holstein
Yellowstone Tour Guides
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