Plans for today were completely ruined by the eruption yesterday evening of Fan & Mortar. It didn't help that Grand had a long double interval.
So the day really didn't begin until late morning. Rift had been seen in eruption a few hours earlier, so when I got to the Sawmill Group, I wasn't surprised to find Belgian and Crystal Springs full. Slurp was erupting in its Wet mode, and there was runoff well beyond the walkway. The Grand Group was in a deep drain, with Spasmodic's main vents almost out of sight.
I'm coming to the conclusion that Belgian and Crystal are rising in response to Rift, and that process begins or peaks several hours after Rift starts. In the last week I've seen this on several occasions, and I have been watching all this visit and not really seen many times when those two are full. Another indication that things have changed from the past, as years ago an eruption of Rift would draw the two down 3 to 6cm, not cause a rise.
Did a walk around Geyser Hill to kill some time, with nothing much happening there, either. By the time I got back Belgian and Crystal had dropped, and Slurp was back into fumarole mode.
The One Burst Grand Eruption after noon fairly undistinguished, other than it being started by Turban. From there,I had just passed the Lodge on my bike when the call for Beehive came over the radio. Went over for a nice, but crowded eruption.
Headed out for Biscuit Basin, but realized it was getting late, so only made it as far as Cauliflower. Saw a nice eruption, maybe reaching 1/2meter for a few seconds.
On the way back, made the mistake of looking at Fan & Mortar. Bottom Vent was starting to erupt, and Main Vent was steaming heavily. Within a minute or so, Bottom was in eruption, and we'd seen several splashes in Main. A few of those splashes were huge, with definite shape of the erupting water being thrown far into East Vent. I decided that a one day interval was extremely unlikely, and didn't let myself get sucked in.
Grand had a Turban Interval Delay, and waited just long enough to erupt just after the sun could no longer illuminate the water column. We did get a second burst, but it was a short pause, and one of the weaker second bursts I've seen in quite a while.
To cap off the day, waited for Castle, and watched it go into steam as it got dark. The pausing stopped around the seven minute mark, only for there to be a couple of pauses about six minutes later. But then the water became continuous.