Now that Spring had finally arrived - and the mountain of snow that had stood before us (for the past 3 and a bit months) had melted so suddenly, we headed out to Fultons in Pakenham (pronounced Packingham), which is about a 30-45 min drive from Ottawa city - to see how Maple Syrup was made (from scratch).
After last weekends poor attempt at seeing the process (older style place - used buckets to collect the sap), Fulton's was at the cutting edge of technology. Each tree was tapped with a blue OR green line, that connected to the main pumping station. From there, the sap was heated with boiling water added to it. Unfortunately, due to the weather (again), they have had a relatively unpredictable season (they need freezing temperatures at night, then around 10 degrees during the day with some sun to speed up the process).
With a few of the girls from school, we decided we'd better sample some product. After a short sleigh ride (yep, there is still snow about!!!) we went indoors for some pancakes!!! YUM!!!!
After a great late brekky / early lunch, we went our separate ways for the rest of the weekend (wet, windy and a bit fresh).
On the way home Kiwi (Michelle) noticed (in a pamphlet) that we were going to be crossing the only 5-arched bridge in North America! With the quick melt we've had, rivers are bursting at the seams - literally and the water powered through these arches (see the results for yourself!!!)
After a tip off from one of the ladies at work, we headed out for Thai food (Pookies Thai), which was amazing....pics attached too.....doesn't do it justice!!! Bloody beautiful!
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