Josh I was having second thoughts about calling it a season last Saturday. The temps weren't quite right for a big run so I don't think that I missed much here. On my way home from work tonight I noticed that even the sugars are budding so now I know that I made the right decision when I turned off the vacuum pump for the season. It sounds like you had a better season than I did but instead of making 1/2 of my syrup in April like you did, I made 3/4 of mine in April. February was about normal and March was a total let down.