Maple Syrup Saturday

A few weeks back, Bubolz Nature Preserve in Appleton hosted Maple Syrup Saturday. We headed out with the girls and met up with my family for a pancake breakfast, followed by a tour of the sugar bush. Who knew that it takes 40 gallons of sap to produce 1 gallon of maple syrup?


Off to the sugar bush we go . . . (interestingly, the adults look much more excited about it than the kids).




The daddies, explaining the tree tapping process to the kids . . .
Jason & Sophi

My brother, Steve, and his boys, Liam & Jack
Jason and Sophi were about a mile behind the rest of us for most of the tour. There were just too many sticks to pick up and puddles to jump in along the way. :)

Liam and Sophi, having fun with Uncle Aaron after breakfast.