Thursday was the first significantly warm day this week. It rained on and off in the afternoon so Bob went to Creston to pick up the supplies for the sap line. He is a bit nervous about how this is going to go together. He made a shopping list and went to a dairy supply to get odds and ends.
Susan B. was kind enough to help Gerri wash the glass tubing. Brad came home in time to help figure out how to scrub the inside. He found a piece of pvc pipe long enough to run scrubbers and cloths through the inside. They looked pretty nice! Brad went to the farm before dark and ran wally the house for water to wash the milk tanks. Bob made it home by 6:30pm . He went over to the camp to see if the fittings he brought home would work out...the answer was "maybe".
On Friday Brad spent the day back at the sugar camp trying to get things organized before Bob and the crew got back after work. Brad managed to find more than one mud hole with the forklift, but he also managed to get out before Bob got home. The first group text message of the season went out today. Bob, Brad, Dale and Don headed to the woods to set out buckets along the outside of the south path. Don later let us know that boots taller than 6in up your leg are necessary to navigate the woods without getting wet! It started to get dark outside so the crew headed back up to the sugar camp and then began to clean out the holding tanks which will be installed in the loft Bob built this past week. Evan and Kelsey arrived in time to finish the last tank and make a plan for Saturday morning. Bob tested out the fittings from Thursday to be sure they would indeed fit (they do!) before calling it a day. Gerri had dinner ready for everyone at the house, and they family ended the night watching a documentary about the Canadian Maple Syrup scandal so that Bob would be prepared to answer Katie's questions!
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