With Fan & Mortar out of the way, it was a day to waste at Norris.
Arrived at dawn, and left twelve hours later. There had been delayed, days old reports (which no one had seen until yesterday) which said that New Crater/Steamboat was looking good. That wasn't what we saw. Infrequently there would be a short, strong minor with lots of water coming out of South Vent, but in only one case was there a follow-up within ten minutes. The "bounces" and "vertical" from North Vent happened a lot, and seem to be of no consequence. Toward the end of the wait, these minor eruptions were happening about a half-hour apart, which resulted in our staying an extra hour. Just in case.