After five busy days to kick off the season we had a day of rest today.  Low overnight 0.  Today was cloudy with a few snow flurries.  Cleared late afternoon.  Temperature around 30.  No melting however.  Tomorrow is also cooler.  But over the weekend the weather pattern changes again.  We get warmer.   Forecasts are for upper 40s.

Got a new tank of propane gas.  And a refill for our small propane torch.  We use the torch to help thaw frozen pipes.

We plan to get the R/O setup this weekend so we are ready for the next sap runs.  We got a heating element for the wash tank.   This should reduce the time we spend waiting for the water to warm to 90 degrees through friction from circulating through the pumps.  The heating element runs at 220 V and can heat the water in the wash tank in 20 minutes or so.  The complete wash cycle should take around 30 minutes compared to 8 hours without the heating element.