Before sunrise I was over by Castle and started to feel droplets. Despite the weather forecast of clear, the clouds overhead were more than just keeping it dark. Didn't have a long wait for the Grand eruption, and once again it was a short two burst eruption that seems to have made no attempt at a third burst. At least Vent & Turban didn't quit.
2024-Sep-09:07:00:29 T2C 06:59:58 Turban -0m15s 07:00:08 Boop -0m05s 07:00:13 B1 --- d=08m37s 07:02:53 Vent 2m40s 07:08:50 P1 8m37s d=22s 07:09:12 B2 8m59s d=43s 07:09:55 P2 9m39s Vent & Turban continue ΣB=09m20s ΣD=09m42s * * * * * 06:23:12 d=03m59s 06:41:45 Int: 18m33s d=04m11s Turban: 18m13s
With time to kill, went over to Geyser Hill as it had been sixteen hours since the previous Beehive eruption. Didn't have a chance to start reading a book when the Indicator started. This was also a relatively short Indicator, with a duration under 20 minutes.
It was also windy up there, and I thought at times I could smell the breakfast odors coming from the Lower Store, as it would have been directly upwind. With is more interesting as during the Beehive eruption they had a fire alarm over there go off.
Later it was another short wait for another One Burst Grand Eruption. The wind had not improved and the smoke seemed stronger by then. After the eruption West Triplet came up to overflow. It had some heavy convection but no thumps or splashes.
2024-Sep-09:13:20:34 T1Q 13:19:48 Turban -0m46s 13:20:10 Vent Ovfl -0m24s 13:20:27 Boop -0m07s 13:20:34 B1 --- d=10m35s 13:23:11 Vent 2m37s 13:31:09 P1 10m35s 13:32:12 V&T Quit 11m38s ΣD=10m35s * * * * * 13:00:43 d=04m24s Turban: 19m05s
Mid-afternoon was the time to check out Fountain, based on its earlier activity. Arrived just in time to see the start, a 4-1/2 hour interval, along with a couple of Morning's Thief eruptions.
At sunset walked up to a Turban Delay Interval, but fortunately, we got the One Burst Eruption instead of a couple of hours of a delay. The eruption itself lasted 12-1/2 minutes, with Vent & Turban quitting within seconds of Grand's end.
2024-Sep-09:19:41:56 D0/G1Q 19:41:56 B1 --- d=12m31s 19:42:20 Turban 0m23s 19:45:08 Vent 3m11s 19:54:04 FP 12m07s 19:54:27 P1 12m31s 19:54:39 V&T Quit 12m42s ΣD=12m31s
Shortly after that, several of us sitting on the benches felt a sharp thump, much like the ones you get at Oblong or Artemisia. Have no idea what caused it, as there wasn't anyone near us on the boardwalk. As we left, we saw West Triplet overflow, but it didn't have any convection or thumping.
From there, went directly out to Fountain Group, on the off chance that we might get another Morning eruption. After about two hours of waiting, we got an eruption of Morning's Thief. That was followed within a minute or so of the start of Fountain.