<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText"><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style>Hello Everyone!<br> <br>    I arrived at Fan & Mortar between 1510 and 1515.   Since it had been less than 3 days since the last overnight eruption, I was just coming to take "a peek" and I didn't record much in the way of times.  When I got there, River was already on.   I did notice some steam in Main Vent, and wondered if I would get a pause.  But a couple of minutes or so later, I saw a small blip from Angle, and then Gold came on followed quickly by Angle.   (I think that this may have been when they actually turned on, but could be wrong.)  I checked to see if there had been much previous activity from Bottom Vent.  The run-off channel had water in the top third, but it looked similar to the way that it had the day before. The bottom 2/3 was dry.  I looked at the rocks at Bottom Vent & at Lower Mortar, but couldn't tell if they had been splashing much.  I did notice occasional small spritzing from Bottom Vent.  The water levels were low, so I rode my bike around and looked at Riverside, which was in overflow.  I also looked at Rocket, which seemed to have some energy.<br>    I went back to F & M having only been gone a short time (less than 5 minutes, I think).  I thought about leaving, as the vents were still low.  But since I still had several minutes before time to be at Grand, I decided to watch and see if I could get a feel for how much energy there was in both Fan & Mortar.   Main Vent was still giving off occasional steam, but it wasn't real strong and there were no audible huffs/roars.   Upper Mortar also let off steam a couple of times, again not strong enough to be audible.  At 1531, High filled with water and started to go somewhat steadily.  Gold had water for a minute or two and then Gold disappeared.   High fluctuated between no water and 1-2 feet of water for a time.   After about 5 minutes, it rose to 3 feet - and Gold was still absent.  High continued to fluctuate, and Gold filled with water at about 1538.   Gold rose to about 1 foot, and that was the highest that I actually saw it.  Shortly after that, though, the steam increased greatly and I could no longer see the vents.   I wasn't sure about their heights, but I think now that at least High must have been in lock for 1-2 minutes before the eruption began.   Main Vent splashed - the size of splash that would have been good sized during a pause, but much smaller than I have ever seen right before an eruption.  After several seconds, Main Vent surged and the eruption was on at 1543!  <br>    Upper Mortar started at 1544 (at the end of the minute - almost 2 minutes into the eruption.)  It was noisy!  The wind kept changing directions, which made it hard to see all of the vents from the boardwalk.  At times, though, the wind shifted and I could see beautiful Fan. <br>    The first pause was at 1556.   The last water that I saw was at 1616, for a duration of 33 minutes.   There was a good-sized puddle in front of Norris pool.   The spray had gone a few feet down the path toward the outhouse and covered about 1/4 of the bridge.<br>    This eruption cycle reminded me of the Fan & Mortar that I saw on July 19, 2011.  One big difference was that in that eruption Fan's vents had nice water at the start, and then the water levels dropped.  That eruption came 38 minutes after River had come on after no pause.<br><br>Go Fan & Mortar!<br>Polly Panos<br></body>