We visited this same farm last year to see how maple syrup is made. The farm opens to the public two days every season and volunteers dress up in period dress to demonstrate the progression of how Native Americans and Early Colonists made maple sugar and then how modern-day syrup is made from the sap. In addition to seeing and tasting fresh, warm syrup, the children got to pet a couple of sheep, watch an "old school" blacksmith fashion a bottle opener out of iron, sit on some old tractors and bore holes into a post to place a tap for the sap. The kids enjoyed themselves and we did too!
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| Isabel "driving" her very own tractor |
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| Lukas "driving" his tractor--he specifically chose this one, and even waited in line for it to become free, because it was blue and, according to him, "new". |
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| Lukas giving Isabel a ride on his tractor |
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| Lukas and Isabel in front of the modern-day syrup making machine. Isabel had just finished drinking a sample of syrup and, by the look of her face, she was still savoring the taste! :-) |
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