Long day.  Got back to the house at 2:30 AM this morning after cooking since 6:45 PM in the evening.  The up at 5:30 AM and back into the woods by 6:30 AM to continue cooking.  Pushed through 400 gallons in 24 hours.   On a roll boiling last night: every 1 ½ hours a batch of syrup was ready on the evaporator.  Time goes quickly when when drawing off that frequently.  Bing in wood.  Skim.  Fire a few times and a batch is ready.   A bright moon all night too.

Down to 22 overnight.  Up to 42 during the day.  Sunny.  But not a strong sap run.   We did collect 275 gallons today.  But given the weather expected more.   Its good there wasn’t more because we need to catch up on cooking.  About 500 gallons of sap is on hand in the tanks now. 

One milk can is completely full of syrup we drew off last night.  A second is ¾ full.  We need to figure out a time to bottle.