For those of you who keep track- I promised to insert the blog on the other car trip we made this spring southwest of Niskayuna. Here it is....
March 21, 2010
Spring!!!!! What a lovely day...
We found ourselves on the Maple Weekend (go to - http://www.mapleweekend.com/). We planned 5 stops - we made it to 3. Enjoyed talking to the owner/farmers and seeing how they each do things just a little different. Boil the sap with wood? …With oil? …With propane?
We are pretty sure that the folks who own this Sugar Shack on Sagendorf Corners Road don't heat with any of the above any more!
We did do more than smell, taste and buy the maple syrup...I took my new camera to play!
We found old cemeteries, rushing creeks and waterfalls, covered bridges...
This cemetery was on Crasper Road by Maple Hill Farms (our first stop). These folks went all out with hayrides, a balloon man and a nice tour. The woman giving the tour was the fifth generation of her family farming and sugaring this farm. http://www.maplehillfarms.biz/
Our next stop was Stone House Farms--
They were all set up for pancake breakfasts
and still open when we got there! Yumm... 
Our last stop (though we didn't know it at the time) was Wood Homestead. Well-- these were about the nicest folks ever...Probably the most modern of the sugaring operations but they made sure to keep the friendly touches in place- themselves...
We stopped and ate our picnic by waterfalls on the corner of Route 12 and Blenheim Hill Road. The creeks around the area are just bursting with water. This particular juncture is where two creeks meet. It was a lovely spot. You would never guess that Route 12 was right next to those falls. The rush of the water seems to bring you into another place....
We spent so much time at those two spots -we ran out of time for anymore sugar shack stops.
But a wonderful day none-the-less.
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