Other Marches

As we continue to be relatively free of snow this month, fb reminded me of a post from this week, 2017. I took these two pics from the comfort of my den while I waited for the contractor to come by to do our driveway. Our car was ensconced safely in the garage, so I wouldn't have had to shovel at all, or hardly at all.. Most people on this street use their garages only for storage. We are among the few who actually use our garage for the car -- but only in winter.

Then, I wondered what we were doing in other Marches. We certainly weren't doing much last March, nor will we be this March.

It turned out that visits to maple sugar camps were pretty habitual. The next two pictures are from our favourite place, Wheelers, which is a 45 minute drive. The first is from the restaurant and the second from the museum. They are from 2018. 

We did get there in 2019, but it was later in April when the weather was getting good. We have sometimes met Sue's sister there in years when she might have been staying at the cottage, which is closer than Toronto.

In 2016, we went both to Wheelers (first photo) and then to Temples, which is quite a bit closer. We took the kids to Temples, probably in March Break when they were still of an age to require adult minding.

We were also at Temples in 2015. We liked Temples but stopped going a few years ago when they adjoined all of their tables in rows so that they could pack more people in. We didn't like that and haven't returned. Their food was good through, and we would return (not this year though) if we learned that they had resumed normal seating. We seem to have missed Wheelers that year, I think because we had spent quite a bit of time away at the cottage.

I guess we also missed Wheelers in 2014, which is as far back as I am going to go, but we did get to Temples (first 2 photos) and Fultons (3rd photo). Fultons is the closest sugar camp, and it is quite popular, but it appeals a little more to kids than adults, or at least to these adults. Serving is cafeteria-style, and then visitors sit at benches to eat. If you require more maple syrup, you have to get up to get it.

Of the three, Wheelers is the only place to operate all year, every day except Christmas. When we have missed the spring visit, we have for sure made it in the fall when the trees are changing. Not last year, of course. Who knows about this year, but I think autumn may again become a possibility.