davewittwer thanks for posting the photos! I really enjoy seeing other people's setup and final product.
41 degrees here at time of this post, light NW breeze, mostly cloudy with occasional sun. Sap is running, slowly on some and very good on others. All trees appear to be putting out decent sap, even the ones that went buddy on me at the end of the last run a week ago. I re-installed more taps because sap was flushing down the tree trunks where taps had been removed. All taps are dripping with the exception of three that have apparently closed up. Those three closed taps are on trees that are each tapped with two taps, the other tap is dripping on all three of those trees.
Again the weather not as good as was forecast but I just finished collecting 21 gallons of good sap. I will definitely have to collect tonight. I want 35 gallons to justify a processing run so if I have that total after collecting tonight then I will fire up the arch tomorrow.
For the record all of my initial test taps installed back on January 30 produced sap the entire season and are still producing sap right now.
I have been making maple sugar today. Also made my first successful batch of maple nuts/maple candied almonds. Folks aren't kidding when they talk about how delicious they are...