The girls were out playing at 6 AM. By then I had added 20 gallons of maple sap to the pan. Half in, half out -- the boil was very much ahead of expectations. It must've been the shed, and keeping the pan relatively warm and out of the wind. With the doors wide open and fans in the windows, most of the steam found it's way to the outdoors. Or as I commented to an expert sugarmaker, "It didn't look like I'd hit them with a fire hose." Still I'm thinking about installing a ridge vent.
In the end we have 3/4 of a gallon of maple syrup. Some of the most golden maple syrup I have ever seen.
The weather has turned cold for the next three or four days -- a reprieve before the next run. I'll be ready.
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