We made the 4 hour trip and were happy with it. I was also frustrated about the prices not being on the items. CDL had one of those scanner guns that you could check the price, but the gun was a hard-wired gun so you had to drag whatever you wanted a price on to the gun. Lapierre prices were wild but I was impressed with the quality of their work. I was in the market for an RO and possibly a cream machine. I ended up getting a Memprotec 200H, which wasn't even one of the ones we were originally looking at so going to the show was worth it. We also bought a Leader cream machine. Leader had free local beer which my buddy loved.
The worst thing for us was finding a hotel. We had to drive to Plattsburg to stay at a Super 8...
2016 - 2 x 4 Randy Worthen built arch and pans 11 taps; 2.625 gallons of syrup!
2017 - 29 taps; 11.625 gallons of syrup!
2018 - 30 taps; 98 pints bottled! New sugar house being built, new equipment coming!
2019 - 125 taps; 50 gallons made! New 2x6 Smoky Lake Corsair arch, drop flue pan, auto draw. Smoky Lake filter press and Steam Bottler
2020 - 173 taps; only 35 gallons made.
2021 - 242 taps; New record! 50.5 gallons made!
2022 - 321 taps; New record! 80 gallons made!