<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16825" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May 5</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Castle 0130E min  1512E  min  2245 maj</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daisy  0820E  1102  1325  1605  1828  2046  2254</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grand  0453E  1251E  2056E</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Riverside 1200 vr</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beehive  0803ie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lion  0542ie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May 6</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grand  0629E  1427 (1 burst)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lion  1051  1217</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plume  1120  1235  1358</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Castle  1354ns maj</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daisy  0109E  0325E  0617E  0855E</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Riverside  1236 vr</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May 7</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Castle  0333E</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daisy  0652E  0916E  1131  1408</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grand  0459E</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Riverside  0749</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beehive  0709  Indicator  0658</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grotto  0622ie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lion  0750  1550ie  1655ie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Artemesia  1405ie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>May 8</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Castle  0618 min  1226ns  maj</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daisy  0810  1031  1253  1518</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grand  0645  1620 G1Q</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beehive  overnight</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fountain  0536ie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oblong  1015ns</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plume  1134  1252    1645</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lion  1155 min</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aurum  1229</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grotto Fountain  1354</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>South Grotto Fountain  1359</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grotto  1407</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Riverside  1512</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>West Triplet  1629</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This report is rather spotty and includes the main info from the geyser log as well as my own times, but Professor Jim is just back in the basin, so should have fuller reports.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On my way in to the Park on Friday morning, a man was walking along the boardwalk in Lower Basin, past the closure signs, happily puffing on his cigarette.  At Midway Basin, at least 10 people had gone past the barricade and were on their way up past Excelsior.  I flagged a protective ranger on the road and told him about these situations, also remarking that I believe these unprecedented blanket closures of two top attractions were quite unnecessary and counterproductive.  Biscuit Basin was closed off when I went by because of a wolf which had been behaving rather strangely.  I saw several new baby bison for the first time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The weather on Friday was splendid, if a bit nippy.  The full sun eruption of Grand was a delight.  I won't be back in until Monday, but will report further then.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>