Gearing up
So I have my plane tickets booked and I am ready to head up north to do some sugaring. I must admit I am a bit apprehensive as it is getting rather late in the season. I am going to be heading up on April 1st and staying until April 12th.
It looks like I am not going to be completely getting away from my work. There are a few things that I am going to have to take care of up while I am up there. The on thing that I am NOT looking forward to is Dial up internet.
I have not been able to get a hold of Bill yet, I am sure he is pulling some long hours getting ready for everything to hit. I have talked to a few people up north who say that the weather is still cold and that there is still 2 feet of snow. I really hope it stays like that, come on winter hang on.
This year I am going to be taking a lot more video and I have a new tripod to make it easier so look forward to some interesting videos.
only a few days left now.
Maple syrup for everyone
I was listening to the point today on CBC and heard these crazy guys talking about affordable maple syrup for all Canadians. It was pretty good, some of the suggestions was to have a tax credit for maple syrup.
You can listen to the full audio of the show, part II.
There is a serious reason that the price of maple syrup is so high, last year was a pretty bad year. A number of farms did not make much syrup and this caused there to be a decrees in supply, this in turn drove the price up.
Also people that don’t buy real maple syrup will not be really missing anything as they don’t value it at all. This reminds me of some friends’ kids who were visiting and decided to put real maple syrup on their pancakes rather than fake stuff. It was so sweat that they ending up throwing it out, what a waste.
It’s not that big a deal to buy maple syrup as it is not something you buy everyday. You buy a 4L juge and it can last you the whole year.
I could go on and on about this but I won’t as I think this segment of the program was put in to lighten things up, It has to be a joke.
Way way to long
I know it has been forever since I last posted anything to this blog, I will not let it happen again espesially now that there is so much going on.
I am getting involded in a great program called the SEB program to help me build my business over the next year. The only problem is that I have to atteded a few meeting and classes that happen right in the middle of syrup season, figures.
But all is well, I have set it up my time up north so that it works. I just booked my plane ticket for April 1 2009. I know that seems very late in the year but I have a feeling it will work out. Last year I missed the big run by about a week so this year I am spending two weeks up north. Hopefully I can catch the full run and not spend the whole time fixing tree rat damage. I will be heading back to the T. on the 12th of April, it should nearly be summer by than.
It is not long now before I am out of the city and into the country, I can’t wait.
