It was foggy when Bro. Gilman and I started collecting sap from the sugarbush on the farm where he is the caretaker. The farm is actually the one located at the top of Patriarch Hill which we see when we hike and we have pictures of in every season. Sugarbush is the term used to refer to the stand of maple trees being tapped. I had such a great time out in the woods enjoying this age old enterprise. We gathered 300 gallons of sap from which they will only get about 8 gals. of syrup when it's boiled down thus we are realizing why pure maple syrup is so expensive.