<div dir="ltr">Geyser Report Tuesday, July 5, 2016<div><br></div><div>I survived the 4th--a bit sleep deprived. West Yellowstone allowed fireworks from 7/1 at noon thru 7/4 midnight with no exclusion for midnight to 6AM--tough sleeping around here the last few days. Some of the noisy "boomers" set off car alarms which added to the hoopla. I have neighbors on multiple sides who invested heavily in big fireworks!</div><div><br></div><div>Beehive: 1057</div><div>Beehive's Indiactor Geyser: 1037</div><div>Grand: 1016 T1Q</div><div>Castle: 0756 major</div><div>West Triplet: 0854, 1111ie</div><div>Daisy: 0536 GT, 0815ie frs, 1109ie</div><div>Rejuvenated: 1144ie</div><div><br></div><div>Great Fountain was not yet in overflow @ 1140.</div><div><br></div><div>Eastbound traffic from WYS was backed up for a lengthy distance just prior to the campground for a group of bison in the meadow. Traffic control was on hand, managing stopping/parking issues, but the cars moved very slowly. Parking at both Midway and Fountain was overflowing, but without the multiple groups at Fountain who parked along the roadside at some distance from the turn-in and walked across the basin to intercept the boardwalk as was the case Saturday. At Midway, cars just drive over the "no parking" signed and park on top of them. </div><div><br></div><div>The chip sealing from Madison Jct to Old Faithful has not begun. Road signs are up and wrapped in black plastic, ready for construction.</div><div><br></div><div>The freight road from the Steel Bridge parking area has a log fence installed on the basin side (visible from the loop road). </div><div><br></div><div>Fan & Mortar finally erupted 7/4 at 1427 in a rainstorm. Last eruption 6/24 at 1853.</div><div><br></div><div>E Sentinel was reported on Geyser Times 7/2 at 1234.</div><div><br></div><div>Barbara Lasseter</div></div>