<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/18/2005 5:45:16 PM Mountain Standard Time, upperbasin@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A full blown Grotto Marathon, then a real Grotto start (big whoosh, etc.) then a real Rocket.  Then a real stop.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also, the one I saw (and I assume Scott also) this year took place at the expected time for the true post-Marathon eruption – many hours after the end of the marathon.</SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not quite. Number one, I was not there for the prior activity, but I was told that the Grotto start was earlier than expected -- hours but perhaps not "many hours" after the end of the marathon. And number two, after the Rocket there was not a real stop -- the eruption continued for a total duration of a "normal" 2 1/2 hours or so (without another Rocket).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All of which I guess means -- something a bit different..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>