<!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 6.00.6001.18183" 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>Good morning everyone,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yesterday in the park at Black Sand the small geyser behind Green Spring is now erupting about twice as high, it's now shooting 3 to almost 4 feet high.  This geyser is cyclical as it was now erupting as I was heading back.  We also had the last couple of bursts of Fountain with it quitting at 13:23, I fist saw it ie @ 13:17.  One of these days I may get up there for more than a few seconds of the eruption.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In the Mammoth area, there is a new spring in the ditch of the Grand Loop road, just below Palette's parking lot.  This spring is causing the southbound lane of the GLR to sink in.  Keith (LE, North District) had told me the water temp was 150 degrees.  This spring formed about 1 month ago.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also I had meant to pass this on sooner.  We have gotten the road construction list for the upcoming summer, It looks like a fun one:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Norris to Madison- expect 30 minute delay beginning April 17th.  Beginning May 26th, to August 16th there will be night closures between 10 pm and 8 am.  On August 17th the road will close for the season.   In 2010, the road will once again have night closures.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>East Entrance (for Kitt), 30 minute delays, no closures</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Northeast Entrance Road: 30 minute delays between the Northeast Entrance and Cooke City,  There will also be 30 minute delay between the Long Lake gate and the Montana/ Wyoming state line (mp 32.5 to 43.1) on top of the Beartooth Pass.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>U.S. 191 between West Yellowstone and Bozeman will remain closed to thru truck traffic at least through the end of 2009.  Expect 20 minute delays, mainly at night during the summer of 2009.  Trucks are not allowed this winter and there are no delays, just 1 detour around the Swan Creek bridge.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Hopefully I will get to see more geysers tomorrow when I'm in.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim</DIV> <DIV>YTG  </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="82dad638df52fa35e77a6d0263aed931"><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. <a href="http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025">Try it now</a>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>