<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Today was a gorgeous sunny day, with very little wind, in the <st1:place>Old Faithful</st1:place> area.  After lunch, I biked over to Three Sisters Spring.  Little Brother is erupting about every minute, with burst to about ten feet.  The roads are plowed, but the paths are not, so I left the bike at the rack by Lower Hams.  Between the bike rack and the main bike path, I post-holed knee deep, since we don't ski that section of trail, it doesn't get packed down. <o:p> </o:p> Little Cub was ie 1231.  Plume was ie 1235; I caught 3 bursts of it.  There was a large herd of bison grazing peacefully in meadow in front of Lower Hams.  I saw bison tracks, coyote tracks, and mouse tracks, but no sign of recent human traffic. <o:p> </o:p> Sawmill group was all quiet, with water sitting in Churn.  Off in the distance, I caught Oblong ie 1250.  Rift was on (1252ie), and the Grand was full, with the islands along the rim looking small.  <st1:place>Old Faithful</st1:place> erupted at 1302 ns.  Turban was at 1304.  I really wanted to see what was happening farther down basin, so I didn't wait any longer at Grand. <o:p> </o:p> Bijou was erupting constantly, like every other time I've seen it this winter.  Everything was quiet at Grotto. <st1:City><st1:place>Riverside</st1:place></st1:City> was in overflow by 1320. <o:p> </o:p> At Fan and Mortar, Bottom Vent was splashing when I got there at 1325.  At 1337, I saw a splash from Main Vent, so my plans to head back to Grand were instantly cancelled.  As I moved over to get a better look through the steam, I noticed it wasn't just Bottom Vent I'd been hearing; Lower Mortar was also splashing (1341).  River Vent came on at 1343.  Occasional splashing in Main Vent continued. <o:p> </o:p> At 1346, I steam cloud off in the distance that I'm pretty sure was Grand Geyser erupting.  Main Vent gave a big splash at 1351, and a few minutes later River Vent turned off. <o:p> </o:p> <st1:City><st1:place>Riverside</st1:place></st1:City> erupted at 1353, so I went over to the bridge to watch it from there.  At 1401, I heard splashing behind me, and turned around to se River Vent on, Bottom Vent erupting, and Lower Mortar splashing. <o:p> </o:p> I had to move farther down the boardwalk, to be able to see around the steam.  At 1408, High Vent turned on, then Gold Vent at 1409, both looking strong.  At 1410, I saw steam from over the hill in the direction of Daisy Geyser.  Glancing up from staring at the vents of Fan, I saw two bald eagles soaring overhead.  High and Gold continued strong, with High gaining in height at 1427.  From where I was standing, I didn't have a view of Angle or Main Vent.  I really thought it was getting ready to erupt. <o:p> </o:p> At 1433 Grotto Fountain erupted, with Grotto starting by 1445.  By this time, High and Gold had died down, and just Angle was splashing, so I headed off. <o:p> </o:p> Castle was ie at 1500, as I caught sight of it from the boardwalk near Grotto.  Near the <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Oblong</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Bridge</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, I saw the first bluebirds of spring!  Tardy and Sawmill were ie at 1515. <o:p> </o:p> Upstream of the <st1:place><st1:PlaceType>Castle</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType>Bridge</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, on the Castle side, I noticed a bright orange-red mudpot!  It is only about a foot in diameter, but it does have an orange runoff channel coming out of it.  I hadn't noticed it before, and have no idea how long it has been there. <o:p> </o:p> Coming down the hill from Castle, I noticed the bison herd was no longer calmly grazing.  They were all bunched up, and being chased by a grizzly bear!  I pulled out and my camera, and took a few pictures, as the bear chased bison across the meadow, and some that went down by the bend in the river.  But then, as he paused looking at the two groups of bison, the grizzly turned and looked at me.  I realized there is no one else around, I don't have bear spray, and there is a hungry predator.  So I headed back to towards the bike as quickly as I could!  The grizzly went back to chasing bison. <o:p> </o:p> Karen Low</td></tr></table>