Mar 6

This is a picture of Cody taken just as the snow started on Sunday, looks as though he is studying it, certainly haven't seen much of it this year! Before the snow, this was a much warmer sunny day with a high in the low 50's. There was a pretty good run with 307 gallons collected tonight. Jack started off driving with just Bob and Curtis collecting, and were later joined by Dale and Dan. (School commitments kept the rest of the kids busy tonight). It has been said, by more than one informant, that 4 of the 5 collectors were dressed appropriately for this event in short sleeves. The other came to the woods dressed for the North Pole. (I wasn't there, but I can guess who was overdressed and the bottom layer was probably a pink shirt.)

As of 10:00 pm there were 5 inches of sap left in the upper tank and 10 new gallons of syrup off. This syrup is perhaps slightly darker, but still light amber grade. It has become sort of a running joke that the woods has 100 times whatever amount of sap Chuck brings from the Sandhill Rd. forest… every little bit counts. It was a fast food supper kind of night at 8 pm! Jack, Bob and Chuck are still boiling a little after 10 pm.

Total Sap: 4,357 gallons

Total Syrup: 98.5 gallons