     
Once the kids and I read the book Sugar Snow by Laura Ingalls Wilder based on her Little House on the Prairie series, we were intrigued by the centuries-old process of making maple syrup from maple tree sap during the slow thaw of late winter/early spring.
Ever since, we have made a point of attending the local maple sugaring harvest festival at Lake FarmPark in Kirtland, Ohio each year.
We had a great time this year, as always. After riding the horse-drawn wagon up to the sugar shack, we learned all over again about the painstaking process of making maple syrup from sap.
After sampling maple sugar candies, warm maple syrup, maple tree sap (a clear, sweet liquid) and coffee brewed on the fire sweetened with maple sap, we went on a hike with the horse drawn sap collector in the nearby woods.
Always a muddy, messy production, Chase especially enjoys this part!
We take sap-filled buckets off of trees and empty them into the sap collector.
Then it is off to the gift shop to purchase some fresh maple syrup (and a snack or two for the kids.
Oh, and I cannot forget to mention the yummy pancake breakfast, served all day. Even Alyssa ate this time.
We had a great time and we are already looking forward to next year's maple sugaring. |
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