Weeping painful eyes? Probably took several face fulls of ash and heat off of the fire you are keeping roaring for the evaporator. Not the most fun thing to have happen. Could be a whole lot worse. But after running all of our sap through the reverse osmosis machine we have far fewer buckets to boil down. Still have had the evaporator running full tilt for nearly twenty four hours with two full pails left to start boiling. This stuff is going to end up being espresso dark maple syrup because it’s real late in the year for this operation. Luckily we pulled out all the spials, and washed the buckets & hoses too. Looking forward to calling this job done, and leaving it alone for another year.
A cool compress to the eyes, a nice shower, and a splash in the hot tub kept my eyes from going to awful from the eye toke. A face shield would work wonders if I could just remember to find it when I need it!
Happy Easter Sunday.
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