<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText">These are the times that I have from LAST Thursday, Oct. 16. (Sorry about the delay - full time teaching by day and parent teacher conferencing by night!)<br><br>1034 Lion (series)<br>1122 Plume<br>1205 Lion (very short duration - about 15 seconds)<br>1224 Plume<br>1318 Daisy was called (I think it was Bill Warnock.)<br>1328 Plume<br>At this point, after about 3 hours on the very windy and cold Geyser Hill, I abandoned Beehive to go catch Grand. As I got to Scalloped Spring, I could see:<br>1342 ie Beehive Indicator<br>So, I hopped back on my bike to get to the overlook. And then,<br>1351 Grand was called (2C) and<br>1352 Beehive<br>I watched most of Beehive, then biked back to Castle to see the rest of Grand.<br>1438 Grotto ie (close to start - probably within 5 minutes)<br>1505 Artemisia (called by Kendall & Curtis Madsen)<br>1546 Daisy called on the radio<br>1619 Oblong (with great thumps!)<br>1650 Plume<br>1755 ie Daisy (radio)<br>1758 Plume (radio)<br><br>The temperature was in the mid to high 20's in the mornings, with pleasant days Friday and Saturday. Sunday saw the wind picking up and clouds coming in by noon, when I left. All in all, a very nice weekend.<br><br>Polly Panos<br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message-----
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<br>Subject: [Geysers] Belated Weekend Geyser Report (Kitt Barger) 10/16-19/08
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Greetings!</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Due to computer issues I
was unable to send this report out on Sunday when I returned home.
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Polly spent most of
Thursday battling wind and chilly weather and I arrived at Old Faithful at
approximately 1730, after the weather had settled down. She told
me that there was a good chance that Fan and Mortar had erupted between
Tuesday and Wednesday due to observations of other gazers. After enjoying
the 1805 Old Faithful and airing up my bike tires, we decided to head to West
Yellowstone (for the night). </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Friday (Oct. 17th) we made
our way into the Park as daylight tried to spread its warm,
colorful glow over the area. It was approximately 26 degrees at 7:30
AM. We layered up and headed out to check on the
geysers. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> ~0900 - Grotto ended its
eruption</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0910 ie - Castle
MJR</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0921 - Plume</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> The Visitor Center radioed
the geyser predictions: Daisy - 10 AM, Castle - 10:10 PM, Grand - 3:30 PM
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0955 - Daisy</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1109 - Oblong (d=6 1/2
min.) After a short wait!</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1146 - Aurum (seen from
the Lower Store parking lot)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1058 ns - Fountain (ended
at 1125) Was called over the radio.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Beehive had pulled a 26
hour interval Thursday, so Polly & I headed up early presuming the interval
would be 23 or 24 hours for Friday.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1219 ie - Daisy (seen from
Geyser Hill)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font><font face="Arial" size="2">1232 - Water in Beehive's Indicator </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1233 - Beehive's
Indicator followed by Close to Cone Ind.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1246 - Plume</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1249 - Beehive
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Lion taunted us with its
pre-initial splashing, but we headed for Grand (only to find out that Lion
erupted at ~1335).</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1359 ns - Grotto Fountain
& Grotto (with the latter ending at ~1545) </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1401 - West
Triplet</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1345 - Great Fountain P=0
(per Bill W.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1418 ns -
Riverside</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1427 - Daisy</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1438 - Rift (d=50
min.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1444 ie -
Oblong</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1633 - Grand
(T1Q)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1640 - Daisy</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1711 ie - Fountain
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Polly & I returned to
the Upper Basin for the 1803 - Plume and the 1811 ns - Old Faithful. A
bison herd had moved into the Castle/Pump Station area, so rather than get
trapped down Basin (if it was ever safe to bike that way), we decided to call it
a night (since daylight ends much sooner now). After some food, total
exhaustion won out and thus ended Friday. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Saturday, was crisp again,
but beautiful! We arrived in time to see Lion finish. We
decided to divide and conquer. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0804 - Plume</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0813 - Old
Faithful</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0819 ie -
Riverside</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Polly headed to Fan and
Mortar as I went over to check on Grand.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Polly reported that by
0830 Grotto was not ie, Riverside was no longer erupting, and Fan & Mortar
had not erupted over night.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> I watched a strong Turban
at 0832. </font><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"> <font>Sawmill had a
2 minute eruption at 0922.</font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0924 ie -
Lion</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> The Visitor Center radioed
the overnight electronic times, (Grand erupted at 0058E & Castle
at 2221 the previous night.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1017 - Daisy</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1028 - Grand (T2C) with a
wonderful sky</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1044 - West
Triplet</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> I took a scenic
route to get to the Hill. I parked at the now closed Old Faithful Lodge
and headed for the Hill. (I heard Lion - 1046 ns and Plume - 1101
radioed, so I knew Beehive was being watched. Polly radioed 1105 ie for
Grotto & Grotto Fountain. I was just headed up the hill, when water in
Beehive's Indicator was radioed at 1115. I arrived as Beehive's Indicator
started at 1117. Old Faithful erupted at 1129. (Hurry up, I want a
duo!) </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1131 - Beehive
(Yeah! It's a duo!) And Polly made it to the over look in time from
Fan & Mortar.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1202 ns - Castle
MJR</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1405 -
Riverside</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1420 - Splashing in
Main (Finally!)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1427 - White Stuff, 1428 -
River on, 1429 - Gold & Hi on, 1436 - Gold Pause, 1443 - River on (Main
Huffed), 1444 - Gold & Hi on, 1447 - Angle on (Water levels after 10 minutes
were variable, but Gold still had water at 23 minutes. Sigh! No
eruption.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1508 ie - Artemisia (steam
cloud)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1513 ie - Oblong (after a
long interval)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Polly & I took a
gamble and headed for Fountain (since Maureen had reported a 1020 ie).
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1611 - Spasm
(d=14)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Jets - 1613, 1621,
1630</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> Maureen reported that
Great Fountain had started at ~3:20 PM, when she saw us at
Fountain.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1635 - Fountain (d=31
min.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1638 - Morning's Theif had
4 nice bursts</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> We returned to the Upper
Basin to find Vent in eruption at 1735. I headed down basin to check on
Fan & Mortar. West Triplet was in eruption at 1740.
Nothing was happening at the"Rock Pile". Rift was in eruption when I was
returning at 1811 and Turban & Vent were still erupting. Back to West
Yellowstone for the night.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> October 19 (Sunday) was
partly cloudy and felt chillier. Polly & I hurried to get ready and
headed for "The Rock Pile". As we headed down, an Interpretive Ranger told
us that Riverside was in over flow, he expected Daisy in about an hour, and Fan
& Mortar had NOT erupted. We watched Riverside then returned to wait
for Daisy while eyeing both Grand and Oblong.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0811 -
Riverside</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0858 - Daisy</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> We were headed back
to Fan and Mortar when the bull elk, and his small harem of 3
cows and 3 calves wandered across the bike path on their way to the
Riverside sign. We enjoyed his majesty, but gave him plenty of room as he
paused during his snack time to bugle.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0939 ie - Oblong (ended at
0942)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> I rode my bike to Castle
and was headed for Grand when uh oh! 0951 - Grand! I kept going and
enjoyed the second and third bursts at Grand. Yes, it was a
G3Q!</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 0955 ie - West
Triplet</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1007 - Rift</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1021 - Aurum (viewed from
the Lower Store parking lot where I was loading Kevin's bike onto my
vehicle)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1051 ie - Grotto (radioed
by Polly)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> I glanced up to see
several splashes from Beehive, but I saw people in the usual Indicator watch
zones, so I didn't hurry. I radioed Polly to tell her about the splashes
and had just switched back to the geyser channel, when oops! Beehive
Indicator at 1053! I hopped onto my bike and headed for the
overlook. (The geyser watchers turned out to be visitors taking a
break!) </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1100 ie - Daisy (steam
cloud)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1103 - Plume</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1107 -
Beehive</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1055 ie - Fountain (called
over the radio by Bill W.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> I returned to my vehicle
to get my backpack and headed for Fan and Mortar. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1153 ie -
Artemisia</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1302 - Daisy</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1351 ie - Oblong (steam
cloud)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1413 -
Riverside</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> I headed for my vehicle
with plans for heading home.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1450 - Plume</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1456 ie - Lion (I was
loading my bike which explains the ie.)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1456 - Old
Faithful</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> 1457 ns - Castle (although
it looked like it might minor)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> It was time to head
home! I had delayed long enough. The drive home was
uneventful. I saw 2 swans swimming in Yellowstone Lake, and 2 Big Horn
Sheep outside the park, and night descended quickly without even a moon for the
remainder of my trip. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> There are only 2 weekends
left that I may be able to come in before the Park closes. The Visitor
Center and Snow Lodge/Geyser Grill/?Upper Store are the only places still
open. Next weekend is the final week for Madison Camp Ground. I hope
some gazers are able to make it in. It was beautiful this weekend with dry
roads between Old Faithful and West. Craig Pass had damp spots that froze
overnight and Sylvan Pass had packed snow/ice on Thursday afternoon, but was dry
Sunday. Take care! Kitt Barger</font></div>
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