Maple Days Q&A

[D4ER]

If anyone has any questions about the Maple Days Program submit them here for answers.
The 2009 dates are the Saturdays of March 21st, 28th, and April 4th.
A PDF of the registration flyer is available on the Maple Days Page near the bottom.

[Webmaster]

Here is a link to the Maple Days page on the website....

http://www.bpsc.org/YearRound/mapledays.php

[dcarriveau91]

I do not know if you had recieved my email from before...but if you would like the crew to help out with this, we can try and get staff members for you.

Please just write an email to the crew email account or me and then i can send it out for you!

[D4ER]

I am looking for a few more staff any of the Saturdays, especially April 4. It is a day program 9am-4pm. If anyone is interested let me know. I will send some educational materials to anyone via e-mail, to bring you up to speed on making maple syrup.

[D4ER]

If you have not been up to camp lately there's a little palce that I wana to show ya. A Sugar Bush in the woods that's really grand. Look right behind Warehouse 2, a little out of view, and not far from the maple tree stand.

The inside is moving along, readying for Maple Days starting on the March 21st. Neil, John Sturdy, and Derek spent Friday putting out the remaining taps and buckets. There are a total of 125 filling up with sap. The weather has been good for a few days now, a couple hundred gallons is ready to be collected.

We also strung up some more tubing lines in the valley between Winnebago and Miami. There are around 30 or so draining into a really big bucket.

[Jamie]

Neat pics, keep adding! That'll create excitement. Sure wish I didn't have to work on the 21st or I'd come check it out!

[mwellens]

Then you should come up on the 28th Jamie or maybe April 4.

The 'rents were impressed last weekend.

[D4ER]

THEY’RE FILLING ONE DROP AT A TIME


1 drop of maple sap
100 drops = 1 teaspoon
600 drops = 6 teaspoons = 1Fl.Oz.
76800 drops = 768tsp = 128 Fl.Oz. = 1 gallon
3072000 drops = 30720tsp = 5120 Fl.Oz. = 40 gal
3 million and a few drops = 40 gallons of sap = 1 gallon of syrup
At 1 drop of maple sap a second
3072000 drops ÷ 60 seconds = 51200 minutes
51200 m ÷ 60 min = 853.3 hours
853.3 h ÷ 24 hours = 35.5 straight days

Trees drip a lot, to make a gallon of maple syrup. 1 drop every second for 35 some days from of one tree (if it could), just get a gallon of syrup, which is about 10 of the 12 oz bottles available in the trading post. A normal woodland sugar maple tree produces around 10 gallons (768000 drips) of sap per season or 32oz of maple syrup. 8 ¾ straight days of driping.

Now that the math is straight and we all understand the effort involved on the trees end of things. Two of the troops that were staying at camp over the weekend, 1040 and 43, decide they wanted to help Neil empty out a lot of maple sap drops, from some of the buckets. They all enjoyed the running around except a lot of those drips were one big thump when the ice chunk fell out of the bucket. It is a bit early yet, and things will still freeze. According to the weather man it should thaw out this week, and that makes it easier to pump!

[Webmaster]

Here we go.... Frequently asked questions as we prepare for Maple Days 2010

Q: What time do we get there?
A: The days schedule allows your troop to come as early as 8am to start eating but be there, ready to eat breakfast by 9am. If your unit is driving to camp in the morning they may want that extra hour to start there drive at a more convenient time.

Q:How does the days activities schedule work?
A: Each group is staggered into a round-robin through the activities stations, starting anytime after 8:30 till 12:00.

Q: How long is a station take?
A: 30 minutes including getting there.

Q: How do we know where the stations are and when we have to be there.
A: Everyone will get a map and someone in you group will have the rotation schedule. A signal will also sound when you need to rotate on the half hour.

Q: How long is lunch?
A: As long as your unit requires 30 minutes to a 1:30.

Q: How does rotation start after lunch?
A: Your group will be informed when where to start after your lunch time?

Q: What time is does the program end?
A: Any time between 2:30pm and 4:30pm depending on the rotation.

Q: How long can we hang out?
A: As long as you want to?

Q: Who will be in our group?
A: Depending on the size of your troop, expect to be broken into patrols or if you have a few your group will be teamed up with another small group.

Q: Is there vanilla ice cream available with maple syrup on it?
A: As a Saturday evening get-together in the sugar shack for anyone that wants to come around 7pm.

Q: If our unit is staying the weekend when can we come down the sugar shack?
A: Anytime the lights are on.

Q: Can we help empty buckets after Saturdays day program.
A: As long as there are a few gallons in each bucket. We have emptied them twice in a day.

Q: Can we buy more syrup in the trading post?
A: The trading post will be open during lunch and after you complete the program on Saturday till 5pm or on request.

[Webmaster]

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[Andy]

Ahhhh....The sweet sound of sap dripping in a bucket...the sure sign of Spring is in the air...

[Provisional SM]

Sounds like Andy's in Love!!!

[Andy]

We collected about 125 gallons of the sweet sap on Thursday. If anyone would like to enjoy a day at Camp during the week, say some afternoon during the next two weeks, helping me empty sap buckets, please feel free to call or email me and show up.

Both weekends in March are full, so if you are not signed up, you will have to wait till next year...

[Andy]

The first batch of syrup is for sale in the Trading Post.

$7 for a 12 oz bottle
$20 for a 32 oz bottle

Based on low sap flow this year and how fast the syrup sold out last year, be sure to stop in at the Trading Post and get yours before its all gone.

Once its gone, thats it till next year....

[Chris]

Is this meant to test scouts and scouters on being thrifty?

Check the math. You'd be better off buying three small bottles than one large one.

Although at this point, Id be willing to pay just about anything for some good BPSC maple syrup! Even if I found some here in Taiwan, I doubt it'd be nearly as good or fresh!

[BJ]

No... Chris... Nearly 3 times the size for 1 dollar less

Errr... maybe not...

At this point... I would pay anything. We are on our last half bottle... which means we need a case to make it through the year. Good thing I will be there this weekend.

[D4ER]

Actually it is 2.3 cents an oz of difference but the bigger bottles glass and cap costs more. So you are both kind of right and wrong. Really I fill the bigger bottle with 33 oz so that makes it 7 cents. Which should we do add 7 cents to $7 or subtract the 7 cents $20? Mmmmmmm............................... someone must like counting change! one penny, two pennies, three pennies

[Provisional SM]

Trading post will be open next two Saturdays from 11:00am (maybe earlier) to 4:00pm "ish" (maybe later). I to need syrup, ran out last fall

[Provisional SM]

Maple Days Staff:
I happen to run into some of the Scouts who were there this weekend from Omro on Sun. They had the best time on Sat. They couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had the day before and all they learned about making maple sugar. The parents also made many comment on what a great job the staff did!! Just thought you would like to know.

[Webmaster]

Provisional....

Thanks for sharing your story. I did not work during the 20th weekend but I did the next and I can tell you it was a lot of fun. I hope everyone had as positive an experience as the boys from Winnebago County.