Monday was a busy day. The weather started warm, but turned very cold. About 1:30 am it was 50 degrees. About 8:00 am a cold front moved through. The wind shifted to due north and the temperature dropped. By 10:30 am it was near 25. Then the race was on to beat the ice forming in the buckets. The 125 taps from Sunday had enough to collect and we wanted to get it in before it all turned to ice. We did. Only about 50 gallons, but better to have it then let it freeze. It was cold collecting. The north wind bites. Meanwhile a fire was started under the evaporator to boil. Spent the rest of the day boiling. The clouds lifted and the sun came out, but it remained cold. By 4:00 pm we drew off a batch of almost finished syrup and by 5:00 pm we had the first 2 gallons and 1 pint bottled for the 2005 season.