[Geysers] Geyser Report Wednesday, July 6, 2016

[Barbara Lasseter]

Geyser Report Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Cool and breezy today.  It rained as I returned home after the 3rd Great
Fountain series.  On my way in this AM I encountered a driver stopped in my
travel lane on a blind curve to watch a distant elk, and a 2nd driver
clipping along toward me in my lane on the loop road. The group of bison
was by the side of the W entrance road near the Madison Campground again
this AM, but had gone elsewhere by the time I drove back.  Once past Midway
and Fountain, there were no delays.  The West Gate seems to handling
inbound traffic very well this year.  I have experienced minimal delays,
despite my somewhat later start times.

The "lincoln log" barriers along the "no parking" area northbound by Midway
have been tumbled somewhat.  Perhaps someone thought they were there as a
courtesy--"Dead and Down" pre-cut firewood.  A full scale fence remains in
place around the paved pullout below Midway Bluff.

A ranger naturalist on Firehole Lake Dr had reported people walking out to
explore the area around Botryoidal late this AM.  LE was on the scene as I
arrived after Grand.   Since Great Fountain was not yet in overflow, I
headed for Fountain, which went a bit earlier than I had hoped.  It was ie
when I arrived about 1050.  Byron Taylor had seen it ie as early as 1045.
It ended at 1111.  Steve Eide reported the earlier eruption as 0630ie.
Twig was ie at 1105-- It snuck in there as we were watching Fountain.

3 dogs in thermal areas this AM--2 at Fountain, 1 on the boardwalk at Great
Fountain.  8-10 people taking the direct route/shortcut from Surprise Pool
to Great Fountain.  Both RV's and vehicles pulling full size travel
trailers were using Firehole Lake Dr.  One visitor used the Great Fountain
runoff channel as a sidewalk to travel from White Dome to Great Fountain
(pre-eruption).  Great Fountain overflow was at 1224, the eruption @ 1346
p=8.  Maureen Edgerton, Rebecca Rowland, Jim Scheirer, Leba Diamond were
among those there.

Pink Cone was ie as I passed at 1030 en route to Fountain.

And then there's Grand Geyser: 0949 D8/T2C with D0 being a 38minute Turban
cycle per Jim Scheirer.  The eruption was lovely--steamy, but the cool
breeze took care of most of that and nice sunshine on those sparkling water
droplets.  AND I saw a weasel running up the Rift runoff channel just as
the 2nd burst was starting.  I didn't know which way to look and got
photographs of neither.

Beehive was heard by Rocco Paperiello about 1230AM.  I see in Geyser Times
it went again at 1440 with Beehive's Indicator Geyser reported at 1423.

Barbara Lasseter
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