Started the days work by finishing up tapping. We had 50 taps to put out yet. And these were some of best running trees. We put our largest buckets, 16 quarts, on these trees.  It did not freeze last night.  The taps we put out on Monday and Tuesday ran all night.  As we walked around the woods we could see we needed to collect. So we called for help and then got the collecting tank cleaned and setup.  About 2:00 pm we headed out to collect. Some buckets were full.  Most were at least half full.  By the time we finished we had 300 gallons of sap.  Not bad for the first collection of the season.  We had a little trouble with a valve on the storage tank.  It would not seal.  We ended up taking it apart to fix it.  A leaky valve would cause us to loose a great deal of sap.  We did not get any rain yet.  Now its forecast to come in tonight.  And its not supposed to freeze either.  Tomorrow we will get the evaporator cleaned and setup and start boiling the sap to make our first syrup of the season.