<!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 6.00.6000.16481" 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>Due to what I'll say is a business concern (had to fax an escrow document), out to town by 2:30. But an interesting day nonetheless.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, nobody seems to know when yesterday's Grotto marathon ended. This morning, Variable was full by 0600 and the recovery hot period had not taken place. At 0805 there was a Mastiff footbath. The recovery was at 0847, d = 6m 00s with very heavy overflow (India covered by about 3 minutes) and, briefly, Mastiff wide and to 6 feet. There apparently was a bathtub(?; or less) shortly before 1000, then hot periods at 1041 (d = 5m 20s), 1150 (d > 3m), and 1254 (d = 4m 04s). All included Feather Satellite.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Grotto Fountain started at 1144, with a duration of about 20 minutes. It was a solo; Grotto did not start.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fan and Mortar did not erupt but they had a very good event cycle that resulted in "everybody" being there. Apparently, River, High, Gold _AND_ Angle did not turn off until about 1022, so this was a fast cycle. Because:</DIV> <DIV>1034, all off but a Main Vent (MV) splash</DIV> <DIV>1044, first Bottom Vent (BV) eruption with runoff; huge MV splashes (plural)</DIV> <DIV>1050, BV#2, runoff to the river, d = 5m 06s</DIV> <DIV>1055:50, BV#3, d = 4m 14s</DIV> <DIV>1100:34, BV#4, d = 54s</DIV> <DIV>1102:01, BV#5, d = seconds</DIV> <DIV>1103:15, BV#6, d = 17s</DIV> <DIV>1104:36, BV#7, d = 6m 01s</DIV> <DIV>1110:53, BV#8, d = 1m 14s</DIV> <DIV>1112:18, BV#9, d = 46s</DIV> <DIV>1113:29, BV#10, d = 4m 50s</DIV> <DIV>1118:56, BV#11, d = 34s</DIV> <DIV>1119:47, BV#12, d = 1m 40s</DIV> <DIV>1122:06, BV#13, d= seconds</DIV> <DIV>1122:33, BV#14, d= 12s</DIV> <DIV>1123:07, BV#15, d = 57s</DIV> <DIV>1124:35, BV#16, d = 1m 08s</DIV> <DIV>1126:30, BV#17, d > 3m (, gradual, indistinct end). MV splashes throughout all the above.</DIV> <DIV>1126:40, River on (essentially simultaneous with BV#17)</DIV> <DIV>1127:18, High and Gold on (crud; too soon)</DIV> <DIV>1129:10, Angle on</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Only for the first 1 minute or so did Fan's water levels look really good, and overall the jetting was not as strong as with yesterday's failure. Nuts. Fan was obviously losing water by 7 1/2 minutes and was thoroughly cooked by 11 minutes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Artemisia1035</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Daisy 0618ie, 0922 and 1229.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oblong 0906 and 1323.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Grand 0611 (T2C), and then somewhere around 1230 a Vent Delay.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Castle was 0543 ie steam, major after a minor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lion 0705 initial and 0828, then no more.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I recorded Plume intervals of 53, 57 and 60 minutes today.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Both Depression and Aurum erupted while "everybody" was down at F&M. A said-to-be-reliable visitor report had Aurum at 0555.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I _think_, as I was driving a bit beyond Biscuit Basin, that I heard Beehive called at 1327. It did not erupt yesterday, so this timing is right.</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>