I forgot to post my Easter weekend excursion, so here it is.Good Friday was a beautiful, sunny day here in St. George...the perfect day for a walk in the woods. My good friend Elsie and her husband Donnie had never been to a sugar bush so we were happy that they decided to come along with us.
Duffries Maples is a small maple syrup operation near Kings Landing, about and hour and a half away from here.
The sugar shanty in the bush was newly built and the smell of fresh sawdust hung sweetly in the air when we got out of the car. The owners were really nice, very friendly and down home type people. We sampled some maple butter and got the low down on how their operation runs. The actual sugar bush was down the lane and across the road, right on the banks of the St. John river.
Donnie proceeded to check out the buckets and Elsie had her first taste of fresh sap...didn't think there was much flavor to it, just like sweet water. There in the bush we found two Adirondack chairs positioned with a perfect view of the serene river flowing by. Lyndon, coming off a nightshift with only an hours sleep, couldn't resist taking a few minutes to relax. The chairs had an obvious cup holder on the arm and I think Lyndon was disappointed that coffee wasn't served in the bush too!
After our stroll through the woods we headed back to the car and made our way to the nearest restaurant for a delicious lunch.
Lots of fresh air taken in and plenty of laughs along the way made for a quieter ride home. What a nice way to start the Easter weekend.
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