<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> I have been reminded by helpful friends that you can take the "Bathtub Bypass" to avoid the steps near the museum.  The grade once you gain the asphalt at the junction and need to go Up to the boardwalk is steep, but it's short. I am not sure how the rest of the grade is, or how rough the earthen walk is, but it would be the shortest route to Porcelain without steps.  I just don't take that much since we don't have the view into Bathtub anymore.  (Thinking about the good old days...) Also note that I typed my email address wrong in the previous reply to the list.  Thanks, MA M.A. Bellingham  mabdepot@msn.com <div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: mabdepot@msn.com To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:54:28 -0600 Subject: Re: [Geysers] Geyser Report Sunday, July 15, 2012 <style></style> <div dir="ltr"> The play at Graceful would suggest it was coming from a large (blown out) vent, it was wide bursting action, like a mini-Grand.  We all commented that it was more powerful than "graceful". Closed intervals were around 3 hours, and durations were 8, 10 and 12 minutes.  I also noted this in my logbook on July 3 with a ?, as I only knew Graceful as a name on a map. The Norris log has other eruptions listed as "large geyser at the base of the hill" beginning about 2 weeks ago.  I'll look at the log again and pinpoint when this activity was first seen. There are no changes in accessibility in the museum area, entering Porcelain still involves the museum steps, and the steep asphalt pitch before you reach the boardwalk.  Accessibility improvements bypassing the museum (I would use it as a short-cut) would be a great idea.  MA MA Bellingham mabepot@msn.com <div><div id="ecxSkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="ecxstopSpelling">From: upperbasin@comcast.net To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:06:31 -0600 Subject: Re: [Geysers] Geyser Report Sunday, July 15, 2012 <style></style> <style></style> <div class="ecxSection1"> A question about access at Norris.  With Incline and Graceful (I thought Graceful's vent blew apart in the 80s) active we may make a trip to that blessed basin while in the park.  I know they re-routed the boardwalks in the back basin, but what about porcelain??  You used to go down the steps through the museum, and I would have a hard time with those.  Can you get to the Porcelain Terrace overlook without going on stairs?                     Paul Strasser   -----Original Message----- From: geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Lasseter Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 5:13 PM To: Geyser Observation Reports Subject: [Geysers] Geyser Report Sunday, July 15, 2012   I found myself unexpectedly at Norris today.  What was to be a hike never left Norris Geyser Basin, where there was lots of intersting activity.  The UGB data reported here is compliments of Kitt Barger. Norris data collected by MA Bellingham, Rocco Paperiello, Clark Murray, and myself.   Beehive: 0651 (indicator @ 0636) Grand: 0727 T2Q West Triplet: 0749ie Plume: 0713 Oblong: 0720ns Riverside: 1029 Fountain: 1036ie   Whirligig: 1024  d=approx 3 minutes  great sound effects! Constant: I saw several, but did not intend to linger there and was not recording times Incline Geyser ie: (this is what grabbed our attention big time at about 0800)  Rocco dashed over to verify, then we both relocated from Constant to Incline, hoping for a repeat. Graceful: 1st approx 0800-0820, 2nd 1115 Collapsed Cave geyser: approx 40foot angled eruption during the 2nd Graceful Vixen: minors at 1109 (40 sec, 6-8ft), 1158 (40sec, 8ft), 1249 (75sec, 13-14ft), 1341 (35sec, 8-10ft)   There was a black wolf feeding on an elk carcass at the base of the Chocolate pots on my way home.   For 2 days in a row now I have seen a bald eagle in the dead tree on the S side of the W entrance rd approx 1 mile W of the old nest across from a convenient pullout.   Tomorrow I will be out of the basin.   Barbara Lasseter _______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers </div> _______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</div> </div> _______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</div> </div></body> </html>