07:22:23
<Betty> good morning Graham and Terry
07:27:47
<GO STEAMBOAT> afternoon Betty
07:28:11
<GO STEAMBOAT> how is yur post christmas weekend? Work tomrroe?
07:29:05
<Betty> no, another free week. I start again Jan 4th
07:29:57
<Betty> you start into your last year of working?
07:34:35
<GO STEAMBOAT> oh good. yes, I retire at
07:34:48
<GO STEAMBOAT> May, so I can be in the park Mem Dy weekend
07:35:04
<Betty> cool
07:35:34
<Betty> you stay the whole season?
07:37:42
<GO STEAMBOAT> 5 weeks
07:38:07
<GO STEAMBOAT> then plan to visit Crater Lake before going back in Sept
07:38:15
<Betty> I´m envious
07:38:28
<GO STEAMBOAT> i have never been there mre than 2 weeks so far
07:39:36
<Betty> you need to look for the old man in Crater Lake
07:40:35
<GO STEAMBOAT> yes, i have 4 nights at the lodge think
07:41:07
<GO STEAMBOAT> i only drove up once years ago in May when it was snowed in
07:41:38
<Betty> we did not see it when we were there, but we only had 1 day
07:42:46
<Betty> and everything was in smoke. We had several detours because of fires
07:45:05
<GO STEAMBOAT> thats no fun.
07:45:23
<GO STEAMBOAT> i am looking forward to driving rund the lake and doing the boat tour
07:46:25
<Betty> sounds good
07:47:39
<Betty> we had that the same year in Glacier. Not much to see on Going-to-the-sun road :-(
07:48:17
<Betty> good thing is: we have to do it again to see something :-D
07:50:15
<GO STEAMBOAT> yeah, G2S rod is very pretty. i stayed there for a week once andit was cloudy, so limited views, and then it cleared nd was spectacular
07:50:59
<Betty> Aurum ?
07:51:11
<GO STEAMBOAT> saw bears every day, stayed at Lake McDonald for 3 nights, Many Galcier 4, and Apgar the last night with my mom
07:51:27
<Betty> nice
07:51:48
<GO STEAMBOAT> did red bus tours from each side to the top too
07:53:15
<GO STEAMBOAT> also want to visit Lassen this year too
07:54:12
<Betty> hope you can go to Bumpass Hell. Trail was closed this 2019 for maintenance
07:54:43
<Betty> oh, they should been able to get it done in over a year. lol
07:55:21
<Betty> it´s hard to believe I did not go to US this year :-(
07:55:55
<CraigC> hey folks
07:56:01
<CraigC> Betty, howdy
07:56:06
<CraigC> GO STEAMBOAT, hey Graham
07:56:19
<Betty> howdy CraigC
08:09:02
<GO STEAMBOAT> hi Craig, hope you had a good Christmas
08:10:59
<GO STEAMBOAT> i hope thins are open and not smoky, i think i gotherethe end of July
08:11:48
<GO STEAMBOAT> may have water starting at SB now too, looks like sessor was iced in and now temp riing a little
08:12:40
<CraigC> it was a good Christmas, because I stayed home most the day and just hung out and watched tv. No chaotic dinners, and big noisy groups :)
08:16:17
<GO STEAMBOAT> we had a small family group too and it was nice not to have all the planning and busines of a largegroup
08:17:07
<GO STEAMBOAT> Beef Wellington was nice too, my sister and niece made it since we didnt hve as many people here
08:18:15
<Betty> I just had Thomas with me for dinner the last days (and for a Christmas beer, hehe)
08:19:19
<CraigC> from now on, I think I will feign illness every November to January
08:19:25
<Betty> usually we stay at one of my elder brothers homes with all families together
08:19:45
<Betty> haha, Craig
08:21:39
<GO STEAMBOAT> tht avoids you havingto fake happiness Craig?
08:21:56
<GO STEAMBOAT> dod you see my SB blanky on FB?
08:31:49
<GO STEAMBOAT> my niece got me a blanket made with my SB picture from Decker on one side and a big collection of pics from her visit in Sept including Giantess
08:33:08
<CraigC> GO STEAMBOAT, wowowow, just checked it out
08:33:35
<Betty> nice!!
08:33:57
<Betty> you have a link?
08:34:10
<CraigC> Betty, you dont do Facebook?
08:34:29
<Betty> no
08:34:37
<CraigC> Betty, Instagram?
08:34:44
<Betty> no
08:35:25
<CraigC> I like Instagram for pics, no politics, no drama, just share adventures with each other
08:47:50
<GO STEAMBOAT> my niece and her son enjoyed thei long weekend in Sept, they arrived day after Giantess and saw one of its bursts that day befre dark
08:49:11
<GO STEAMBOAT> then we toured UGB and we dashed out of cabin for a BH, visied W Thumb, saw a Fountain eruption as awalkup, and they left ia Norris on day 1 of he wait for 9/16 eruption
08:50:08
<GO STEAMBOAT> we toured orris in the morning and they left for the airport and I stayed at SB he rest of the day, guess thatwas the 14th
08:50:23
<GO STEAMBOAT> at least their visit ddnt compete with the SB sit
08:51:04
<GO STEAMBOAT> they will be with me again for a week in June
08:51:23
<Betty> yay
08:52:59
<CraigC> GO STEAMBOAT, what was his favorite geyser, I forgot
08:53:12
<CraigC> ballcap?
08:54:03
<GO STEAMBOAT> UNNG-GHG-13
08:54:25
<GO STEAMBOAT> i hope it is stil active next year
08:55:20
<GO STEAMBOAT> he got the How Geysers Work book for Christmas and I bought his mom the Resources and Issues guide so she has all the answers to his questions
08:55:53
<GO STEAMBOAT> thats a great guide if you dont have it
08:58:20
<Betty> OF
09:17:33
<kcmule> I need The Guide to Avoiding Norris Disturbances So You Don't Waste a Week of Your Life Watching Whirligig
09:18:44
<Betty> ugh, ohhh :-p hi kcmule, lol
09:19:42
<kcmule> mornin/afternoonin
09:27:24
<GO STEAMBOAT> wil you get to YNP this year kcule?
09:28:07
<GO STEAMBOAT> i see Caps and Sabres start the season soon ... wow and Bills having a good eason
09:29:18
<GO STEAMBOAT> whirligig only had minors this year so you were lucky
09:30:02
<kcmule> depends. if I get layed off then yeah I'm going. if not will probably only travel if I can see ma
09:37:57
<Betty> plow
09:40:18
<GO STEAMBOAT> i hope you keep your job kcmule ... but going to YNP would be good too
09:43:04
<kcmule> thanks. will just have to see what happens, no use worrying about it
10:23:16
<JarnoO> morning all, evening Betty
10:23:23
<Forestbewithyou> Hi Jarno
10:23:48
<Betty> evening JarnoO, hi Forestbewithyou
10:24:09
<Forestbewithyou> Hi Betty
10:24:16
<Betty> hi Kevin L™ 🌵
10:37:27
<Betty> OF
11:42:19
<JarnoO> looks like Micah and company arrived after Fountain
12:11:12
<kcmule> OF
12:16:14
<GO STEAMBOAT> nice to see the reports. tours used to stop on the way out to Mamoth but not this year
13:06:24
<JarnoO> I think Echinus is done for this year, with no significant change the last couple of days. Those eruptions must've thoroughly upset the system
13:08:15
<JarnoO> Steamboat's temperature has steadily climbed the last 24h. Now almost at temperature preceding last eruption
13:12:56
<KorbenC> That was a good day of skiing, got the 5th chair up, after a night with 4 inches of powder, and we got up onto the higher lifts just in time for them to open some runs groomed to perfection, I was in ski heaven the whole day :P
13:13:51
<JarnoO> good to hear you had fun
13:25:01
<KorbenC> Jarno, had some models running for the netherlands this morning, EPS ensembles shows that the upcoming low pressure system might push in some cold weather (30 to 34 in south and 28-31 in north) in the next few days, would be fun
13:25:09
<KorbenC> darn enter key :P
13:25:50
<KorbenC> If the current southern system takes the hint, parts of the Southern, and Eastern Netherlands could see widespread minor snowfall over the next few days :)
13:32:59
<JarnoO> what's really weird, is that a 14d model for north Netherlands calls for ice thickness of 12.5 cm. Majority calls for no ice, though. We'll see what happens
13:36:50
<KorbenC> I hope that you get 12.5cm of ice :P
13:37:45
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I don't even get that in my freezer.
13:39:11
<JarnoO> well, with such ice thickness you'd get a high degree of eleven cities fever (nearly 200km of continuous ice skating through the eleven cities Frisia counts)... Unfortunately it has been cancelled regardless due to pandemicness, but that wouldn't prevent several, if not many, from at least ice skating it regardless
13:40:14
<KorbenC> The most ice I have seen natruly is like 4 inches :P
13:40:30
<KorbenC> naturally*
13:42:40
<JarnoO> fun fact: the second-largest place in Frisia is not regarded as a city by some because it never got town privileges. Therefore it's not part of the eleven cities through which the ice skating track goes
13:42:49
<KorbenC> OF
14:15:17
<LindaG> Afternoon
14:15:36
<Betty> hi LindaG
14:15:44
<LindaG> Betty, hi
14:15:44
<JarnoO> afternoon Linda
14:15:52
<LindaG> JarnoO, hi
14:16:45
<Forestbewithyou> Hi Linda
14:17:09
<LindaG> Nice to see geyser entries, even if we can see them :p
14:17:13
<LindaG> Forestbewithyou, hi
14:17:27
<LindaG> *can't
14:18:57
<LindaG> Washburn Fire Lookout static has a dragon cloud
14:19:40
<LindaG> uh not anymore just changed
14:36:50
<LindaG> hey
14:54:15
<GO STEAMBOAT> zzzzz
14:54:42
<LindaG> yup
14:54:53
<LindaG> hows the weather in colorado?
14:55:03
<GO STEAMBOAT> SB has water
14:55:28
<GO STEAMBOAT> i has been nice, 4s and sunny today. suposed to be 30sand flurries or snow howers tomorrow tho
14:55:53
<LindaG> looks like SB has temp too
14:56:06
<LindaG> cold here, was 23 this morning
14:59:36
<GO STEAMBOAT> brr
15:00:48
<GO STEAMBOAT> if SB is like last time it could erut tomorrow
15:01:22
<LindaG> and break a record
15:03:58
<GO STEAMBOAT> that would e good
15:04:24
<GO STEAMBOAT> a least something good happened ths year
15:04:38
<LindaG> :)
15:09:37
<LindaG> I guess its no surprise that we would be without the cam in 2020
15:10:35
<GO STEAMBOAT> haha, yes...fitting end to the year
15:11:32
<LindaG> we need to petition them to move that static cam to left so we can see beehive
15:11:54
<LindaG> I didn't realize that you could once see it that well
15:12:36
<GO STEAMBOAT> it is rather offset for OF viewing, but was nice to be able to see BH
15:13:18
<LindaG> they could still go to right quite a bit to get OF and still see BH
15:45:07
<Betty> OF
15:46:40
<GO STEAMBOAT> wow 2h1m intvals
16:32:53
<JarnoO> off for the day. Enjoy YNM, should it decide to go rafting
16:33:31
<Forestbewithyou> Bye Jarno
16:33:40
<Betty> night Jarno
16:33:41
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Night
16:56:10
<Betty> OF
17:09:47
<Betty> Micah made a SB note
17:10:30
<LindaG> hello again
17:10:44
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Bet that drives him nuts.
17:11:52
<LindaG> Kevin L™ 🌵, any good birds?
17:12:36
<Kevin L™ 🌵> None today. It was a bit misty this morning but cleared up.
17:13:25
<LindaG> took a ride today lots of ducks and dunlin
17:13:47
<Kevin L™ 🌵> I got to drive a train today.
17:14:12
<LindaG> oh nice, where?
17:14:43
<Kevin L™ 🌵> From Railroad Pass almost to Boulder City
17:15:34
<LindaG> fun! your friends train?
17:16:53
<Betty> glad you had a fun day Kevin
17:17:41
<Kevin L™ 🌵> It was the museum train.
17:18:09
<LindaG> :thumbsup:
17:19:51
<Kevin L™ 🌵> They did release the model of my friend's train. https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/kato-n-1769241-sdp40f-type-ivb-maersk-sealand-bnsf-6976/
17:21:51
<LindaG> huh I thought it was a steam train
17:23:47
<Betty> time for sleep. Night all
17:24:09
<LindaG> Betty, have a good night
17:24:37
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Night
17:45:38
<KorbenC> SB sounds good from Micah's observation
17:46:01
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Bet it would be awesome in the cold.
17:47:04
<KorbenC> It is!
17:47:15
<KorbenC> Although after the first 10 minutes it gets hard to see anything :P
18:01:59
<Forestbewithyou> I am going to head out. Night all
18:02:29
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Night
19:20:20
<KorbenC> Night all.
19:20:36
<LindaG> KorbenC, hi and bye
19:21:10
<Kevin L™ 🌵> Night