6 overnight.  We had hora frost this morning.  Everything was white.  Looked pretty.  It warmed up to 42 but there wasn’t much melting.  It was sunny until Noon.  Its gets windy with 1”-2” of snow forecast tonight.

Started tapping at 8:00 AM.  Slight delay because we misplaced the drill bits.  While preparing everything the drill bits ended up under some new buckets.    We had a crew of 7.   The snow is deep.  Went over the of the boots which are 14”.  The snow melted resulting in wet shoes but feet stayed warm.

By 12:30 PM we had 500 taps out.:  135, 100, 100, 100, 65

Also worked on some plumbing for the collecting tank.  Added a value with a quick connect which should make connecting to the pump easier and faster.

So we are ready once the weather breaks.