Another weekend in VT

We went to Vermont again this weekend. We decided to go up on Saturday morning and got there just in time for breakfast. After breakfast we helped Jimmie and Jamie do some Syrup filtering and packaging. Alison helped bring the bottles from one end of the kitchen to the other. She loves to help and had a great time. After we packaged about 18 gallons of syrup we went out to start to boil. It got a little stressful at the beginning because the sap was frozen but after they got it thawed things went a little smoother.






















We ended up making about two gallons of syrup that day. Alison had a great time playing in the mud again this weekend and we got to see Phil and Matthew as well. Later that night we got to hangout with Eddie's friend James and his son Corey. James is in the Navy and they live in CA, so we haven't seen them in a while. So that was nice to catch up with him this weekend.






















Sunday we went up into the Sugar bush with Eddie, Jimmie, Eric and Vig to add more taps and run some lines. Alison started off in the backpack but she quickly wanted to get out and walk on her own or be held by me. She only lasted a little bit up in the woods before it was lunch time and she wanted to go back to the house and see Aunt Jamie. After lunch we headed back to Maine. It was a fast but fun weekend.