Into the woods by 10:00 AM.  Back to the house by 10:30 PM.  At 11:00 AM we set out to collect and take down the buckets.  With this warm weather the sap will not keep.  It did freeze last night:  about 26 overnight.  Sunny and 52 for the high.  The trees dripped some, but not enough to keep going.

Flooded the tractor.  It sat for a while as we collected and removed buckets.  Tried to start without using the choke.  Did not catch on the firing.  We let the tractor sit in the woods and went for the ATV.  The trails are good with the mud pretty much gone.  The ATV was fine pulling the wagon and tank.   We got the tractor running after we finished collecting.

By 3:30 PM we finished collecting.  The first collection of the season was solo and the last collection of the season was solo.  Got 215 gallons of sap.  2.8 Brix,  And it was nice clear sap.  But if it stood a day or so yet it would go bad.

Started the evaporator by 4:30 PM and cooked until 10:30 PM.  That gives us a head start for tomorrow.  We have to finish cooking by late afternoon and push on with cleanup.