I worked half a day this morning so I got into the woods around 3:00 this afternoon and was greeted by the first real run of the season. The 20 taps on the half-inch gravity main line were drumming away steadily to the tune of about a gallon an hour and a couple of the newly tapped trees were pouring out even better than that. I boiled off what I had and netted a surprisingly light and buttery syrup. If only this season won't fall prey to the dismal forecast for next week...........