It was drizzly heading out for the morning Grand eruption, and it was getting wetter. Had to dodge a bison twice, as it was blocking the bike trail, and when I tried to use the gravel bypass, it had move to block that trail. I walked up on Turban erupting, and I took most of the Turban interval to get prepared for the increasing rain.
The pool was full when Turban had an explosive start, and stayed full. Grand finally started erupting almost 1-3/4 minutes later. The first burst lasted almost 9-1/2 minutes, which is long enough for a One Burst eruption, but as the steam cleared, water was visible in Grand's pool. A short pause, and we got a nice second burst.
2024-Jun-03:06:50:47 T2Q 06:49:05 Turban -1m42s 06:50:47 B1 --- d=09m25s 06:53:12 Vent 2m25s 07:00:12 P1 9m25s d=54s 07:01:06 B2 10m19s d=32s 07:01:38 P2 10m51s 07:02:23 V&T Quit 11m36s ΣB=09m57s ΣD=10m51s * * * * * 06:32:20 d=02m52s Turban: 16m45s
The weather forecast said that the rain might subside in an hour. What the forecast left out was that the rain wasn't that heavy, but it was windy. Decided to walk instead of riding a bike to Castle to see the next Grand eruption.
Arrived just in time for the first Turban eruption after the Turban Delay interval. For the next hour, it was wet and windy and Grand showed no sign of trying to erupt. Then the rain started to let up, and we got a longer Turban eruption interval and waves on a full pool. Unfortunately, the Big Sawmill mode at around the eight minute mark didn't result in a pause, so we got a One Burst Grand instead. At least most of the walk back we only had to contend with wind.
2024-Jun-03:14:18:01 G1Q 14:18:01 B1 --- d=11m40s 14:18:24 Turban 0m23s 14:21:36 Vent 3m35s 14:29:41 P1 11m40s 14:30:09 V&T Quit 12m08s ΣD=11m40s * * * * * 13:21:32 d=03m30s 13:40:08 Int: 18m36s d=03m23s 13:56:50 Int: 16m42s d=03m28s Grand: 21m11s
A few hours later came a report of Beehive's Indicator. One look out the cabin window at the rain and wind and we decided that others didn't need our presence to enjoy the eruption.