[Geysers] Geyser Report Sunday, September 13, 2015

[Barbara Lasseter]

Geyser Report Sunday, September 13, 2015

Some clouds kept the expected heat away.  Low 30's this AM, 70's coming
home just after noon.  The next 3 days are forecast to be rainy--especially
Wednesday--we'll see.

A substantial herd of bison clogged the loop road just S of the Fountain
Paint Pot S entrance before 0800 this AM, then proceeded to flow onto,
across, and around the Fountain Paint Pot nature trail.  The long fence
from Clepsydra to the stairs "trapped" them in a cul-de-sac--at least those
who crossed by Jet.  Others crossed nearer Clepsydra beyond the boardwalk,
climbed the hill next to the stairs, and crossed the boardwalk to the
plateau before all retreated south.  A helicopter overhead stirred them up
a bit.  One calf stepped into a hot pocket and did a dance when he was
scalded. Visitors seemed to have no concept of 25 yards.

As I returned home after noon, more bison on Fountain Flat had S bound
traffic backed up for miles. A small group crossed between Great Fountain
and White Dome at a rapid jog as we waited for the Great Fountain eruption
(1139 p=7).   Suffice it to say, bison everywhere!

Exiting Firehole Lake Drive, I witnessed a family in a van who appeared to
be collecting the neatly cut "dead and down" peeled logs placed on the
roadside to block parking on the NE corner.  And, of course, they were
parked there.

Beehive: 0852 GT (Beehive's Indicator 0840 GT)
Grand: 0355E GT, 1033 GT
Castle: 0554ie steam phase per Jim Scheirer
Oblong: 0649ie frs
Riverside: 0937 GT
Fountain: 0858 (ended at 0928)
Great Fountain: 0030E, overflow @ 1026, eruption 1139 p=7
Till 0727ie
Pink Cone: 1127 frs
Dome was active this AM
Morning's Thief: 0859 (very large), and 0903
Lone Pine: 0825ie (Byron Taylor) It lasted anoher 12-13minutes
Twig 0920
"Rejuvenated": 0954ie, 1028ie
White Dome: 1017, 1120, 1153, 1213
Pink: 1223ie

Terrific sparkles and several large and/or blue-based bursts in Great
Fountain's 1st series today!

Two wrong way drivers on Firehole Lake Dr this AM.

If the road is clear ahead of you and there is a line of cars behind you,
YOU are the problem.  If cars must cross into the adjacent lane to drive
past your stopped car safely, you are NOT off the road.   I'm "preaching to
the choir" here.  You all share the same frustration on occasion, I'm sure.

Barbara Lasseter
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