Travel
There isn't much more that is Canadian than hockey and maple syrup. We're not big hockey fans, but we sure are big maple syrup fans!
However, going to the maple sugar bush now is not the same experience that I remember as a kid. Back then, you went for a walk in the bush and had fun checking for and tasting the sweet sap in the buckets that were hanging from the trees.
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- An Encounter With The Police...
We wanted to get a fairly early start yesterday morning, but we had invited John and Jane for breakfast. Ruth makes the best gluten free pancakes! Too bad we didn't have any maple syrup left. But we did have honey, strawberry jam from Mexico, and...
- Burlington, Vermont
We left the Maple Syrup farm yesterday morning and headed for the town of Montpelier. We had originally thought about finding somewhere to overnight there, but the town is not designed for RV's, and there's very little suitable parking. Click...
- Los Barriles (day 2)
Tuesday January 29...10:15pm Had Steve, Glen, Malcolm, and Claire over for a pancake breakfast this morning. Malcolm and Claire had never tried real maple syrup before, so this was a good treat for them. It was fun having 6 people in the motorhome for...
- Walking Wounded
I have been wounded by an oleander bush! I was pulling some grass and weeds from around the bush and jammed my forearm into a thick wood branch that had been blunt cut. I need to get some sort of power saw that I won't kill myself with,...
- Aruba Cocktails
Aruba Smash 2 oz. Spiced Rum 1 oz. 7-Up 1 oz. Lemon Juice 1 oz. Orange Juice dash(es) Orange Bitters Mix in a highball and serve over ice Aruba 2 oz. Gin ½ oz. White Curacao 1 oz. Lemon Juice 1 tsp. Orgeat Syrup (Orgeat syrup is a sweet syrup made from...
Travel
Off to the sugar bush
There isn't much more that is Canadian than hockey and maple syrup. We're not big hockey fans, but we sure are big maple syrup fans!
However, going to the maple sugar bush now is not the same experience that I remember as a kid. Back then, you went for a walk in the bush and had fun checking for and tasting the sweet sap in the buckets that were hanging from the trees.
Click here to read more...
- An Encounter With The Police...
We wanted to get a fairly early start yesterday morning, but we had invited John and Jane for breakfast. Ruth makes the best gluten free pancakes! Too bad we didn't have any maple syrup left. But we did have honey, strawberry jam from Mexico, and...
- Burlington, Vermont
We left the Maple Syrup farm yesterday morning and headed for the town of Montpelier. We had originally thought about finding somewhere to overnight there, but the town is not designed for RV's, and there's very little suitable parking. Click...
- Los Barriles (day 2)
Tuesday January 29...10:15pm Had Steve, Glen, Malcolm, and Claire over for a pancake breakfast this morning. Malcolm and Claire had never tried real maple syrup before, so this was a good treat for them. It was fun having 6 people in the motorhome for...
- Walking Wounded
I have been wounded by an oleander bush! I was pulling some grass and weeds from around the bush and jammed my forearm into a thick wood branch that had been blunt cut. I need to get some sort of power saw that I won't kill myself with,...
- Aruba Cocktails
Aruba Smash 2 oz. Spiced Rum 1 oz. 7-Up 1 oz. Lemon Juice 1 oz. Orange Juice dash(es) Orange Bitters Mix in a highball and serve over ice Aruba 2 oz. Gin ½ oz. White Curacao 1 oz. Lemon Juice 1 tsp. Orgeat Syrup (Orgeat syrup is a sweet syrup made from...