Went out to the Bijou Cage in the early morning. It was gray, damp and windy, and I was underdressed for the occasion. About an hour after arriving, I did see a short 2-3/4 minute Bijou pause where water was visible in Mastiff for a short time. The Southwest vents spit once or twice, and the usual post-bathtub activity (Bijou roaring, Catfish and B-C Vent activity).
After a re-configure in the cabin, I headed out to Grand. A three hour wait resulted in the One Burst Grand eruption occuring fifteen minutes after West Triplet started.
2026-Sep-03 : 12:09:53 T1C 12:09:16 Vent Ovfl -0m13s 12:09:27 Turban -0m02s 12:09:29 B1 --- d=09m51s 12:12:46 Vent 3m17s 12:19:20 P1 9m51s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=09m51s * * * * * 09:22:38 09:40:42 Int: 18m04s d=03m27s 10:04:44 Int: 24m02s d=04m47s 10:22:32 Int: 17m48s 10:41:25 Int: 18m53s 10:59:54 Int: 18m29s d=03m12s 11:15:57 Int: 16m03s d=03m00s 11:34:09 Int: 18m12s d=03m23s 11:52:23 Int: 18m14s d=03m19s 11:53:10 West Triplet Turban: 17m04s
After lunch, it was back to the Bijou Cage. It turned out that the Bijou pause observed earlier was the last one for the rest of the day. I spent another four hours in the Cage, and did see a number of good sized Mastiff surges, but they never lasted long, and Bijou showed no reaction to any of them. Some people stayed another three hours, well into the dark, and at the twelve hour mark, no Bijou pause.
I had left the Cage for Grand. There were a series of shorter Turban eruption intervals, and within a few minutes of West Triplet starting, once again we got a One Burst Grand eruption.
2026-Sep-03 : 19:42:12 G1C 19:42:12 B1 --- d=10m03s 19:42:13 Vent Ovfl 0m01s 19:42:22 Turban 0m10s 19:45:21 Vent 3m09s 19:52:15 P1 10m03s Vent & Turban continue ΣD=10m03s * * * * * 18:45:30 d=03m30s 19:01:57 Int: 16m27s d=03m40s 19:20:30 Int: 18m33s d=04m16s 19:39:44 West Triplet Grand: 21m42s