It did not freeze last night.  It was mostly cloudy all day although the sun made a few brief appearances. The sky was clear when we came back in from the woods.  The forecast was for rain so again they got it incorrect.   It was up to about 38.

Into the woods by 8:30 AM to boil.  The goal for the day was to empty all the storage tanks.  Made it.  But it was 11:30 PM before we got back the house.  That’s another 15 hour day.  The past seven days have been the season’s rush.  We collected and boiled 1240 gallon of sap.  We did not bottle yesterday.  The focus was boiling.  We did get three visitors.  

We finally found a radio station we like.   We started with  70’s rock/metal.  Not that we really liked it, but it was that or country.   Yesterday we found a more modern rock/pop station.  The station plays current music with a tilt toward the pop side.  Still its more lively which helps the time pass.   Almost makes you want to dance away the time between firing in what we would call “The Maple Dance Party.”   Does the wood fire under the evaporator count as glow sticks?

We will bottle today.  Still not sure when we will collect again.  We are expecting a wind down to the season now.