I don't want 70* either.

Didn;t get as much sap over the weekend as would have liked. too cold saturday and didn;t get going as good as I would have thought on Sunday either. only got a combined total of about 150 gallons. go figure. I think it is just really cold in the back of my woods yet and things really haven't broken loose.

It was cold last night too we were at 16* in the woods and 19 at the house. so it took a long time for things to get going so only about 50 gallons so far today as of 2:30 pm. and right on cue its clouding up but no freeze for the next 3 nights forecasted so we'll see how long the sap lasts. no boiling tonight. gonna save it for 1 more day. no sense in firing up the machine for 200 gallons.

I did get in 30 sap sacs yesterday and have another 25 or so to put in. seems every year I loose a few and gain a few. last year lost 20 big roadsides because they sold their house and new folks didn't want me to tap their trees but gained 20 from another place but they were selling their house and the new people want to make their own but they haven't tapped their trees yet. but managed to pick up another 10 for now maybe more. As much as the buckets are a PITA the sap is always a tick sweeter than the vac sap.

Hope everyone else is getting a boil over weekend or getting ready to. good luck all.