As expected, Grand reverted to the shorter, six hour long intervals. So when I woke up and saw it was already in eruption, I went back to sleep.
Did go out early for the next eruption of Grand. Another One Burst Grand eruption, but once again, the interval was at the short end of the range. Windy and cool, and multiple times people between West Triplet and Rift got soaked.
2023-Aug-13:12:23:16 G1Q 12:23:09 Boop -0m07s 12:23:16 Grand B1 --- d=11m21s 12:23:19 Vent Ovfl 0m03s 12:23:35 Turban 0m19s 12:26:23 Vent 3m07s 12:34:37 P1 11m21s 12:35:34 V&T Quit 12m18s ΣD=11m21s * * * * * 11:23:14 d=5m45s 11:42:54 Int: 19m40s d=4m35s 12:03:17 Int: 20m23s d=4m39s Grand: 19m59s
Just afterwards, was in the middle of lunch when heard the call for Beehive's Indicator starting to erupt. The wind hadn't changed much, so was able to stand along the railing and look up at the water column, which was cut off a bit by the same wind.
Went out again several hours before sunset, prepared to return in the dark. Both Grand and Castle were due during the same time period, but Castle had a short minor eruption shortly after I got to Grand. The series of ordinary Turban eruptions ended at the last eruption just before sunset. From my usual vantage point, with the wind from the north, this One Burst Grand eruption had a full rainbow extending from Vent to near Sawmill. One again the boardwalk (and people waiting there) from West Triplet to Rift got a soaking.
2023-Aug-13:19:49:03 T1C 19:48:05 Turban -0m58s 19:48:25 Vent Ovfl -0m38s 19:49:03 Grand B1 --- d=9m50s 19:51:33 Vent 2m30s 19:58:54 P1 9m50s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=9m50s * * * * * 18:10:52 d=4m10s 18:30:14 Int: 19m21s d=4m17s 18:49:58 Int: 19m44s d=4m21s 19:09:31 Int: 19m33s d=4m06s 19:29:51 Int: 20m19s d=3m56s Turban: 18m14s
After the Grand eruption, with Lion still active, this meant there was a good possibility of some sort of eruption from North Goggles. Back in the cabin to refit for a wait in the dark, and then walked up on North Goggles minor eruption within a couple of minutes. Nice to see it before it got cold and was still light.