Rained a good bit of the night and windy most of the morning and early afternoon. The wind likely suppressed the flow of the sap today. The "felt like" temperature was about 10 degrees lower than the temp outside and it certainly FELT that way. Too cold to just wear a hooded sweatshirt and too hot for carhart coveralls.
Bob did another plumbing change creating a drop from the tank to the door so the tank and hose will completely empty each night. 
Brad spent the morning at the camp working on stump removal. He really seemed to churn up the mud.
Bob finally got to go into the woods for the first time tonight! He enjoyed the walk through the south path. Muff, Brad, Mark, Adam and Gerri helped soon joined by Charlie and Brylee. Lots of walking and little sap tonight. The woods is really wet.
This picture was taken just north of the camp in a typical mud hole looking east, do not recall the water extending to the edge of the woods.
We collected 130 gallons tonight. Bob left the evaporator really full Friday night so he could start a fire and we burned in the all of what we collected tonight.
We tried out the new griddle....worked great. Trying to bring in some variety. Mark says "NO MORE CHILI FOR FEW DAYS" !! Since Brylee was visiting, she was enthused about having toasted marshmallows so we started with dessert!!
Sap count from the "official wall record"
Total Sap Today: 130 plus 4 gallons (1665 season total)
Total Syrup Today: 1 gallon
Total Syrup To Date: 22 gallons
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