Thanks Russ, forecast does look good after monday.

Stayed above freezing last night so it ran enough overnight to push rinse water from last season out of the pipelines. Dumped about 60 gallons of sap out of the big tank and closed the valve at 7 AM for the season.

Snowshoed the bush through deep wet snow and there was enough flow to find all the leaks and patch up the squirrel bites and repair a few broken connectors. Think I got all the big problems fixed. Hung a few more buckets and got a few more things ready in the sugarhouse. My road is nice and muddy so maybe the trees will actually start running next week.

It ran maybe 50 gallons today (from 7 AM to 7 PM) and the buckets were still dripping slowly. Maybe the rain will help the thawing and beat the snow down a little. Looks like another slow day tomorrow as temps coast slowly downhill till the expected freeze on Sunday night.