Was awakened by a radio call for Beehive's Indicator again. This time it was daylight and I had been thinking of getting up and moving about then. There was just enough of a breeze to push the spray to the north, giving those standing along the railing a full double rainbow for most of the eruption.
Went back to the cabin to immediately head back out to wait for Grand. Only needed to wait for one Turban eruption interval before we got another two burst eruption. It was quite steamy, and the second burst was a bit of a surprise as the first burst lasted over 9-1/2 minutes, and the pause quite short. But that burst was tall, reaching well above the ground fog.
2024-Jun-01:08:25:32 G2Q 08:25:32 B1 --- d=09m37s 08:26:11 Vent Ovfl 0m39s 08:26:43 Turban 1m11s 08:29:13 Vent 3m40s 08:35:09 P1 9m37s d=19s 08:35:28 B2 9m56s d=57s 08:36:25 P2 10m53s 08:37:12 V&T Quit 11m40s ΣB=10m34s ΣD=10m53s * * * * * 08:04:42 d=03m51s Grand: 20m50s
There wasn't much else going on, and it was a nice, sunny day, so made the decision to visit Great Fountain. Got out there and the pool was low, about 30cm to 50cm below overflow. Spent an hour and a half there with no change other than occasional rises of about 10cm or so. So returned to the Upper Basin to see the next Grand eruption.
Arrived to find that West Triplet was below overflow. Ended up waiting less than an hour for a One Burst Grand eruption. After the eruption, West Triple was in heavy overflow with heavy boiling up. It took a couple of minutes for the first bursting to start. That's the first post-Grand activity I've seen this visit, and left with the expectation of a Rift eruption to follow.
2024-Jun-01:14:57:12 T1C 14:56:57 Turban -0m15s 14:57:07 Vent Ovfl -0m05s 14:57:12 B1 --- d=10m10s 15:00:22 Vent 3m10s 15:07:22 P1 10m10s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=10m10s * * * * * 14:15:35 d=04m09s 14:36:39 Int: 21m04s d=04m18s Turban: 20m18s
Didn't wait as decided to head back out for Great Fountain. Arrived well into the overflow, and waited only twelve minutes for the eruption. It was perhaps an Adequate Fountain, as while it went into full eruption without a pause, none of the burst were very big or voluminous. I was disappointed in how small the waves across the catch basins were.
At the start of the third burst, left to go to Fountain where there had been a stall while we were on our first visit to Great Fountain. Waited less than an hour for the eruption.
Was planning to head out to Grand after sunset, but at around the 5-1/2 hour mark got a report of Rift in eruption. At the same time, Beehive's Indicator started again. So rushed out for Beehive and gave up the idea of going to Grand.
Turns out we should have gone, as despite Rift erupting, Grand had another short eruption interval.