January Journal/Happy New Year

-34 here cancelled school. starting to warm up its about -16 now WOO

caseyssugarshack93,
Yow-sires!!!!
Ok you keep it!!!!
It's 8 here now!!
We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave!!!!

Dave

GUES WHAT!
I PASSED MY LICENCE EXAM!!!!!!! ONLY 2PTS off your allowed 20 off!
YEAYA!!!! gunna go up to dads at 2:30 and then to maple school tomorrow!!
then probably will tool around on dad's sled on sunday, havent riden a sled all year, gunna be cold but fun!
if any of you traders are going to the maple school in hyde park tomorrow im a bout 5 7 brown hair and have a john deere hat on witha ripped brim, probly in a F&S camo coat. i think we all have to wear name tags any way

Danno just dont go do somthing stupid and end up in jrthe3s woods he has cameras and guard dogs and a lawyer on retainer.

Bottled close to a barrel of syrup last two days, and made some fantastic maple cream and sugars. Went and got more bottles today plus a lapierre small releaser. Nice unit except for only one hole on top of the top chamber for the vacuum to hook to. No holes for the sap to come into to. Kind of defeats the purpose of the releaser if I can't hook it up to my tubing! Kind of like building a house and forgeting to hook it any utilities. And no, I'm not even thinking of doing it myself. Guess I'll see how customer friendly lapierre is now.

That's pretty fun Haines!

he not on retainer he is in the family

Enjoy the cold all, I'm off to St. Croix in the morning. No, I'm not trying to rub it in. Maybe. Though take comfort in the fact that I'll be pondering how the hell I'm going to have time to get all the sugaring stuff ready when we get back!

Andy, You just go ahead and leave us up here in the frigid tundra.:)
Chris

Forgot to mention that the lack of adequate antifreeze in the Chrysler may have rendered it a pile of useless metal and rubber today. Its setting in the semi heated garage tonight:) -12 degrees in NWPA this morning. Throw another log on and hunker down!

Chris