Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Nancy snapped this photo of the sunset before leaving Tuesday night. What a gorgeous sky!

The workers are a bit tired this week so you are getting a 3-day update today. Thank you, Karen for the encouragement to write this. 

The blog author has been rising at 4:30 AM and going to bed at 11:30 PM, so a new author is in today. (This may not bode well for our readers.)

Complaints were aired this week, Bob has recommended that anyone who wishes to file an official complaint about anything, they should submit them in writing on single-ply and drop them in the red booth. 

Tuesday, March 9th

Alright, back to business. Tuesday began with Evan and Kelsey checking the woods around 1:30pm both of them were off of work so they took a leasurely stroll through the woods. They quickly notified Bob and Brad that there was a considerable amount of sap in the woods and we would definitely be collecting. Bob issued a text to the crew to gather at 5:15pm. 

Brad fashioned a new motion sensored light on the side of the sap building, utilizing a whole created by a woodpecker. The jury is still out on whether this light is indeed effective.

Brad, Evan, Dale, and Kelsey headed into the woods around 4:30 to collect the Center Loop which produced a little over 160 gallons of sap. Once their pre-workout was complete, the four headed back up to the camp and waited to join the remaining gatherers. The main crew included Nancy, Muff, Gerri, Bret, Melissa, Vivian, Michael, Bryan H., Phillip, Kiley, Aiden, Isabella, Susan B, Adam, and 4 dogs. Together they collected 662 gallons, Bob noted the crew seemed relatively tired when they returned to camp. 

Ranger seems to be enjoying his trips to the woods, Nancy is becoming a professional at the dog wash station now as a result!

Dinner included pancakes on the blackstone and Bellevue Meats hot italian sausage links over the fire. There were several critics assisting with dinner, Kelsey has been reprimanded for "patting" the pancakes after flipping them. Michael saved the sausage from burning by turning them every few minutes. Regardless of the feedback everyone was quiet once they began eating!

Bob, Adam, Brad, Michael, and Evan closed up the camp at 11:00 PM. According to Bob the report back on how much sap was left sparked a colorful response, we will let you use your imagination. 

Total Sap Today: 662

Total Sap To Date:3,757

Total Syrup Today: 13 gallons

Total Syrup To Date: 83.3 gallons

Wednesday, March 10th

Wednesday was a quiet evening in the woods, although there was 1-2 inches of sap in the buckets the team opted to leave it. Surprisingly enough, Bob beat everyone to the sugar camp. Adam soon joined him to man his post by the fire, followed by Brad. Evan and Kelsey arrived to the camp to visit and set out syrup to fill orders. Evan and Bob ended up bottling up syrup for orders and Kelsey disappeared. The men boiled in over 330 gallons of sap and pulled off 7 gallons of syrup.

Total Syrup Today: 7 gallons

Total Syrup To Date: 90.5

This is a photo of the last picture taken on Tuesday night and the first picture taken on Wednesday night. 

Thursday, March 11th

Wednesday rolled into Thursday as Cody and Amy came home from the great state of Kansas at 3:00 AM. They quite literally hit the ground running on Thursday morning. Gerri, Cody, and Amy headed into the woods to check buckets. It was a sunny warm morning and a few buckets had 4-5 inches of sap in them now! They decided they should be picked up so they do not sour in the heat. Anyone in the area might know that it did not get that warm in Seneca county today however it was windy. Brad arrived as they were finishing and issued them all a warning about the high winds. Cody and Amy boiled in the sap throughout the day and enjoyed a day spent in the woods. 

We hope you enjoyed this update as much as we enjoyed taking over for Gerri. Now we will go back to the regular scheduled programming. 

Total Sap Today: 150 gallons

Total Sap To Date: 3,907 gallons

Total Syrup Today: 2 gallons

Total Syrup To Date: 92.5 gallons

-Bob's Blog Takeover March 11, 2021, over and out....

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