Into the woods by 8:00 AM.  Back by 9:30 PM.  The tanks were empty by 5:30 PM.  Then did a water run to prepare for bottling.  Put a milk can full of syrup into the finishing pan.  It was ready by 7:30.  Then we bottled.  After cleanup it was 9:30 PM.

The nitre problem was much better today.  Did not impact boiling at all.

Did not freeze overnight, but got colder during the day.  We had light snow flurries most of the day.  Did not accumulate.   Cloudy and windy too.  Tonight down to the mid 20s.  The next few days seem like they will make or break the season.  The weather pattern looks favorable.    If that does not generate a few sap runs we may be done.