2019 NYS winter conference, now at the NYS fairgrounds

Wow, I was there last night, what an improvement on room. Lots of new vendors and most if not all of the old ones. There was loads of space for sure.
I saw and spoke with a lot of fellow Maple Traders. I will stop today and talk with Peter Gregg, Who nowns this forum, when I passed him yesterday he was busy talking with a gust and I was in a hurry to get to the auction. I also need to stop at Catskill Mtn Maple and pick up 400 more Zap Bac taps he is holding for me.
I hope to get a chance to meet face to face with many of you fellow Traders today. My name tag says "Dave Klish, I also wrote in black marker "maple flats" above my name. See you there.

Another great show. I picked up my additional taps and I bought a barometric gauge from Marcland. It tells me the current barometric pressure and the boiling temp of water at that pressure. This will help keep the auto-draw set correctly. Will likely recheck 2-3 times during a boil to adjust if the pressure changes.
Talked with lots of old friends and met many new friends too.

My family and I went to this conference for the first time so we can't compare it to Verona. We were impressed. My wife, daughter and I split up to take in as many seminars as we could; I think our divide and conquer method allowed us to see 11 seminars. We learned a lot, met a lot on nice people, and spent a lot of money....

Hopefully you learned a lot, had fun and ended up with some nice shinny stuff.