Tuesday March 11, 2014

Sunny and a beautiful day ( well the first half anyway!) Cody and Chuck went to Michigan to pick up bottles, jugs and new grates for the fire box. It is almost 3 hours up there so this was a big trip but they seemed pretty chipper & apparently had a great time. They did not have everything we ordered so this excursion may have to be repeated. 

Love the time change!

These are the new grates!

First mix of mud and snow. Dale and Karen riding Walle in the distance.

They returned home to open up the camp and we collected with help from Dave and a friend of his, Nancy, Adam, Dale, Karen Gerri, Bob, Muff, Dean, Brad and Cody. Chuck returned to the boilermaker job. Sue made pizza spaghetti for supper. Gerri brought salad and Karen cookies. It was nice to eat without being rushed!

The clouds rolled in but it was a really nice night for a walk in the woods. There was a fine rain before the end of the night. 

Sorry the blog is behind! I'm gonna attempt to add pics I missed. So you may need to revisit the previous entry. I will also try to correct the sap count I screwed up. I am not too swift after 10 pm!

On a bizarre note, we tested the sugar content of the sap. Rine woods is 1.5% and Sanhill Rd is 2.0%. We question if this is related to the damage on the leaves in the storm last summer in the woods?

 

Sap today: 250 & 15 Sandhill Rd.

Syrup today: 4.5 gallons

Total sap to date: 950 Gallons + 33 Gallons S.H.

Total syrup to date: 15   Gallons