Another day to visit Norris. New Crater/Steamboat looked moderately interesting the first hour or so, with infrequent surges from South Vent that send a flood of water down the runoff, but during the second hour, that activity had subsided. Over at Collapse Crater Spring, the eruptions were about six minute apart, and not as strong as during the previous visit.
Back in the Upper Basin and in the cabin, it was time for lunch. I was chowing down in the cabin with the door open when I saw a small dog without a leash run by. I got up to see what the owner looked like, and saw no one. The dog was still trotting away toward the south. It looked like an oversized chihuahua, and it occurred to me that I had just seen Iris, who had escaped last week.
I contacted the VC who in turn contacted the Comm Center, who sent out one of the Law Enforcement rangers. I met him when he arrived with the area, and described what I'd seen. He was still patrolling the area as I left for Grand.
Out at Grand, maybe a half hour later, I heard that they had a loose dog in custody, one that matched the description of the one I saw. They also believed it was the missing Iris. So I await my reward for putting them in the right position to make a successful capture.
At Grand itself, it was another dull One Burst Grand that lasted just long enough (about ten minutes) to know that there wasn't a chance of a second burst. From there, went on down to East Sentinel, where things didn't look much different that they had yesterday.
Had just finished getting together something to eat when got the call for Beehive's Indicator. Shove the food into the microwave, and headed out. Was approaching Anemone when Beehive started, but fortunately, the wind, while string, was steady and no one there got wet.
Went out for the evening Grand to find Rift in eruption. It appears Rift is now having an effect on Grand, with Grand not even trying to erupt until well after Rift ends. As in the other night, the intervals and durations for Turban eruptions gets shorter. For this Grand eruption, the Turban interval prior to Grand starting was less than 16 minutes, with overflow well before that. Also, Grand didn't start until 1m44s after Turban. The first burst was just over eight minutes, but the second burst was long, with once again Vent & Turban stopping on a relatively short duration.
Also of interest is that once again, a couple of hours after Rift ended, Belgian and Crystal were full, with a wet Slurp eruption in progress.