Went out to the Cage for an hour-and-a-half at dawn. Walked up on the start of Grotto, then saw nothing much, other than some well spaced small Mastiff surges and one episode of Catfish splashing. Bijou never paused, although it seemed like it might have been trying to roar when I saw Catfish.
After breakfast, went over to Grand, where Rift was once again in eruption. It must have been near start, as West Triplet was also erupting. Rift finally quit after an hour-and-a-half. Grand finally had the One Burst Eruption following a minimal Turban Delay Interval.
2026-Sep-15 : 11:28:31 D0/G1C 11:28:23 Boop -0m08s 11:28:31 B1 --- d=09m48s 11:29:22 Turban 0m51s 11:31:21 Vent 2m50s 11:38:19 P1 9m48s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=09m48s * * * * * 09:34:59ie Rift 09:37:01ie West Triplet 09:46:20 d=03m51s 10:06:02 Int: 19m42s d=03m20s 10:26:32 Int: 20m30s d=03m40s 10:44:12 Int: 17m40s d=03m25s 11:03:04 Int: 18m52s d=03m21s Grand: 25m27s
Then it was back to the Bijou Cage. Waited for two hours, and during that time Bijou never stopped. Once again, there were some well spaced Mastiff surges, and Catfish splashed a couple of times. Bijou finally paused about two hours after I had left.
(On the way to the Cage, at the bend in the biketrail near the river I encountered the better part of a flag-tour well off trail and all down by the river.)
Went out to the evening Grand with the expectation of seeing it in the dark. Instead, Grand actually cooperated, and the One Burst Eruption began about five minutes before sunset. If there had been a second burst, it would have only been illuminated at the top. West Triplet began erupting moments before Grand, but this eruption lasted only about 1-1/2 minutes. A second West Triplet eruption began during the Grand eruption. Did not wait to see if it resulted in a Rift eruption.
2026-Sep-15 : 18:55:00 T1Q 18:54:54 Turban -0m06s 18:54:57 Vent Ovfl -0m03s 18:55:00 B1 --- d=10m40s 18:58:07 Vent 3m07s 19:05:40 P1 10m40s 19:06:34 V&T Quit 11m34s ΣD=10m40s * * * * * 17:49:22 d=04m08s 18:08:58 Int: 19m36s d=04m18s 18:32:45 Int: 23m47s d=04m38s 18:54:42 West Triplet maj,d=01m20s 19:03:15 West Triplet Turban: 22m09s
This day was much improved over the last few days. The wind was minimal, especially for the evening activity. The sky was completely clear for most of the day, and it felt much warmer than the upper 50s.