Friday February 23, 2019
Warmer day today thankfully.
Brad and Bob moved a couple of totes into the camp after school, had a little tango with a coon that Lola got involved in!
We had a wonderful crew to gather tonight making light work with many hands. Muff, Adam, Katie, Kelsey, Evan, Brad, Curt, Erin, Tinleigh, Gerri, Susan, Mark, Pauline and Ted. Pauline added her name to the wall near our other international visitors.
Thanks to our cultured friends (Bishops and Oney's) we have had visitors from Romania, Germany, Brazil, South Korea and today we added Pauline from Belgium! She seemed rather stoked about making maple candy!
We were thankful for the help provided by Dan and Chris who came to soak up some of the process as they are working on making their own syrup. Bob stayed at the camp and elevated the top tank 4 inches (so it will gravity drain) and ran to the barnyard for petro). Gary and Michelle came to the camp and visited for a bit.
Everybody else working while we stopped for this Selfie.
The south path had around 140 gallons, Brad thought there was more on the north so he and Tinleigh went up to the camp to dump. Everyone waiting in the woods thinks they had dinner and took a nap. Thought they were NEVER coming back. This little snafu led to finishing with flash lights in the dark.
Needless to say the Woods is wet. And slippery. Katie caught taking a quick rest.
Lola had a dog's dream of an evening. Hunting, followed by a natural water bath and then a
We enjoyed chili and tacos and the camp was really comfortable tonight. Nice night to sit and visit. Bob gave Chris and Dan pointers while he proceeded to almost scorch a little.
At the end of the night we are not really sure how much sap we got. Brad says Tinleigh was in charge of that as the asst driver & it was too late to wake her up by the time we tried to figure it all out. We are gonna round out to 400 and call it a day:)
Total sap today: 400 + 25 (from 178)
Total syrup off today: 5.5 gallons
Total syrup to date: 19 gallons
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