Down to 5 last night.  Made it to 27 today.   The sun rays are warm and did form a few puddles of melt by 3:00 PM.   

Went into the woods with the tractor this afternoon to clean snow from the trails.  We also brought syrup back.  And the milk cans of water.   There was no point letting the milk cans of water freeze solid with the cold weather.  

Next week it is forecast to warm.  The cold is not as harmful to the season as the warm like last year.  Warm weather starts to close the tap holes.  Cold delays the onset of closing the tap hole.