<html> <head> <style> P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body> Short Report for the day . . .   Julia and I went into the basin around 1600.    -Little Squirt was active on Geyser Hill but little else was going on.   -There are trees down over the boardwalk between Lion and the Solitary Geyser wash area.   -Sawmill appears to be the main show in the Sawmill Group right now.  It has been erupting every time I have passed over the last few days.   -Chromatic appears to be fighting back into overflow (water is working its way down the channel and it wasn't two days ago) but Beauty is still up as well.   -When we reached Chromatic we noticed that Grotto Fountain was in eruption.   -Walked up on a Bijou pause - Mastiff filling - Hot period start at 1652. Approximate duration 5 minutes.  Mostly flat Mastiff (only splashing near the beginning). Feather, shortly followed by Satellite, Southwest Vents, Rust.  Some heavy water in the cone but nothing too exciting.   -Grotto was 1658 near start - hard to tell exactly because we were leaving Giant after the Hot Period when it started.  Seemed to be a long time between when we first saw GF and Grotto.   Bear info - tracks near F&M and the pit toilet - I don't remember them a few days ago.  When driving in from West yesterday a Grizzly ran out in front of our vehicle about a mile west of Madison. Very scary in the dark!!   That is all for now.   -Matthew <hr />Your friends are close to you. <a href='http://spaces.live.com/signup.aspx' target='_new'>Keep them that way.</a></body> </html>