My Actifit Report Card: January 25 2022

Hey guys and thanks for stopping by!

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, yes folks, it was another foggy day here in the Northwest! We have this inversion thingy going which is keeping the fog in place and the land wet and drippy and cold. It pretty much stays in the 30-35 degree zone. So much so, the ice is starting to form again on the pond.

More on the hike in a moment. I had been saying to @silvertop that if we didn’t hurry and try tapping the maple trees again soon, it would be too late. On yesterday’s hike, we noticed Keith and Lynne had put their tree bags out. They too missed last year’s cycle. Their bags yesterday were producing, so that was incentive enough to get him going.

We got out the taps, the hoses and the bucket from last year. I washed everything and found a 2-liter bottle and another couple of smaller bottles and got everything cleaned. We headed out to a different tree than the one we tried last year and @silvertop drilled up at an angle. You could see he had sap running before he was done! It was literally running out of the hole he’d drilled! He inserted the tap and attached the hose. I secured the bucket. You could hear it dripping! We selected another tree and tapped it. I secured the 2-liter bottle. Then after looking again, we decided to try tapping the tree that didn’t produce last year. We ended up putting 2 taps in it as it is a bit bigger than the first two. Before we headed out for our hike, all 4 were producing nicely.

After the hike we checked on the bottles. One of the smaller ones (33+ ounces) was overflowing. The other one beside it was 3/4 full. The 2-liter bottle was 2/3 full and the 2 gallon bucket had about 3” of sap in it. All together was about a gallon of maple tree sap! Here’s a pic of the 5 gallon food grade bucket I’m using for storage. It’s hard to see but there’s about a gallon in there!

This weekend coming, we are going to try boiling this down into syrup. It takes a ton of sap to make syrup, but I’d settle for just enough for a plate of pancakes. Just so I could say ‘we made the syrup!’

Now for the hike! As I said, it was cold, damp and foggy. In a couple of places, the sun tried to poke out a little.

This next picture gives you the impression of flying above the clouds and seeing the mountains peeking just above them. These are the Canadian Rockies visible from our hike, and the clouds-well that’s the fog bank!

Tomorrow is my Monday for work. I’m sure we’re looking at a busy week!

That’s gonna be it for now. Take care and have a blessed week! 👣🐑☕️🤗😁😎😴

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