<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" 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>Don't know what yesterday's Grotto marathon turned out to be, except that it evidently was rather short duration. This is shown both by the early hot period action and the fact that Grotto Fountain started at 0828, Grotto at 0844. Grotto went off at about 1050.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This morning, Joe Buttars was out there by about 0500. He caught a short hot period at 0521. At 0810 was a hot period that had me hoping. Though Mastiff was mostly hidden by steam, when it could be seen it was several feet high; when it couldn't be seen, it could be heard. However, Giant did nothing whatsoever, and the whole thing lasted just 7m 27s.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Subsequent hot periods were 1041 (d = 3m38s) and 1302 (d = 7m10s). I didn't stick around for the next one, but a glance a moment ago at the webcam shows no big steam cloud.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Only saw one Oblong, that at 0933ns.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Daisy on 2 1/2 hour intervals today: 0716ns, 0950, and !!! I didn't write it down !!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Grand was 2033E last evening, then 0345E (7h 12m), and 1142 (T2C, 7h 57m). This came about 30 minutes into West Triplet, and Rift started during Grand, at 1148.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Again, Penta tried really hard, this time with visible flow well out into the loose gravel beyond the sinter platform. But nope. The next cycle was Tardy again, starting at 0958 but then interrupted when Sawmill decided to give it a go at 1037. Penta was high, but "Oh, well."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Castle was 2320 major last night, 1223 major today.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Depression 0903ie.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lion 0913 not initial, 1021ie, and I think I saw steam from it in the vicinity of noon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Plume 0710; then 1011ie, 1108, 1211.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The difference with Beehive today was that no water was visible standing in the still-orange Indicator. When Plume erupted, it acted as an efficient drain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Inbound, the new geyser at Black Sand was splashing several feet high. This afternoon near 1300 it was barely steaming over a span of 20 minutes. I did see a nice "major" out of Jagged Spring, though.</DIV> <DIV>'T'sall</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV>I actually caught Aurum, from afar, at 1158. At about 0900, it acted like it was ready, so I wonder if "summer mode" has kicked in.</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>