<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Given wife plans in town for the afternoon and the Nez Perce picnic this evening, I only went to Norris and Artists Paint Pots for quick visits this morning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The only geyser of significant size that was seen (other than Steamboat minors) was Constant, which erupted one time in 40 minutes. Fireball was having weak bursts to a foot or so. At Ledge, what I presume is the vent that erupted to 40 feet or so on 8/16 and 8/18 was acting as an intermittent steam vent. Guardian was loud and constant. Valentine emitted only a bit of gentle steam.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Something out on the flats toward Blue was playing constantly to about 6 feet and near it was another that was intermittent to 3-4 feet. Toward Porcelain Terrace almost everything is a loud steam vent; water was visible deep within Incline.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Forgotten Fumarole was rather quietly wafting steam with no evidence of any periodicity or liquid in the 20 minutes I watched it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Monarch appears to be active in some fashion, but it was below overflow for my visit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fearless had an actual eruption! Yes, duration about 30 seconds with bursts about 2 feet high.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Veteran was steadily bursting out of the vent with nothing major. Interestingly, the vent/crater to its east ("Veteran's Annex") was bursting out of its vent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vixen was about the quietest thing at Norris, barely steaming in 35 degree air.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Orby was active. Sone of Green Dragon was jetting muddy water at a westward angle to perhaps 6 feet high. Yellow Funnel was about half full of light-brown water that was bursting to 4 feet or so.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Echinus was overflowing heavily but without any (really, no visible) bubbling.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steamboat was having fairly strong jetting, enough to produce a good stream of water to the bottom of the hill, but nothing was concerted.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At Artist's Paint Pots, the new trail work is still underway and all of the eastern half of the area is closed. Meaning I don't know what Flash and Blood and GIB-1 were doing. And the mud pots weren't worth the hike up the hill.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's only a deal if it's where <I>you</I> want to go. Find your travel deal <A title="http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047" href="http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047" target="_blank"><B>here</B></A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>