It was down to 18 again last night.  By 9:00 AM it was already above freezing which was good.  It eventually got up to 44.  We are getting sunny days and freezing night, but its getting too cold to run well.  We had help lined up to collect today.  But we had wait until it warmed and the trees could drip before we collected.   We started collecting at 2:30 PM.  We thought we might get only 150 gallons of sap but we were surprised to collect 300 gallons.

We cleaned out the syrup pan on the evaporator.  Better to clean it often then wait for the sugar sand to burn on.  We also had some electrical work done.  We now have a light that points into the wood shed and another light that points behind the building by the tanks.    Both areas were dark before. 

Tomorrow we will boil.