DAVID'S VINTAGE
SNOWMOBILE PAGE.
RESTORING THE
SPORT ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
MAPLE
SYRUP AND SLEDS 1
MAPLE
SYRUP TIME - MARCH 2010.
MY
WIFE AND I - 1977 SKI DOO EVEREST 340E.
MAPLE SYRUP TIME
IN QUÉBEC
YOU CAN SEE THIS
SCENE ALL OVER QUÉBEC AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
A HOLE
IS DRILLED INTO A MAPLE TREE AND A SPOUT IS INSERTED INTO THE HOLE.
A PAIL
HANGS FROM THE SPOUT AND THE SAP RUNS INTO THE PAIL.
SAP IS
A CLEAR WATER SUBSTANCE FROM THE TREE THAT HAS A SUGARY TASTE TO IT.
EVERYDAY THE
SAP IS COLLECTED AND BOILED DOWN TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP.
SAP BOILS AT
THE SAME TEMP AS WATER. 212 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
WHEN IT GO TO
218 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, IT IS MAPLE SYRUP.
IT IS THEN TAKEN
OFF OF THE STOVE, STRAINED AND CANNED.
IT TAKES ALMOST
45 GALLONS OF SAP TO MAKE JUST 1 GALLON OF MAPLE SYRUP.
MY
1974 ARCTIC CAT VIP
1974 ARCTIC CAT
PANTHER VIP
WE PREFER TO MAKE
SYRUP THE OLD FASHION WAY.
WE USE PAILS
AND A WOOD BURNING STOVE.
IT'S MAPLE SYRUP
TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE PAILS HANGING FROM THE TREES.
MY BROTHERS AND
I STARTED TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP IN THE EARLY 70'S.
MAPLE SYRUP
AND SNOWMOBILES GO TOGETHER IN QUÉBEC.
THIS TIME
OF THE YEAR WAS GREAT FOR ME BUT MADE ME SAD THAT
THE TRAILS
WOULD SOON BE CLOSING FOR ANOTHER SEASON.
HERE ARE
SOME PICTURES OF MY SLEDS IN MARCH AND APRIL FROM
DIFFERENT
YEARS ON OUR LAND IN THE LAURENTIANS OF QUÉBEC.
1972
SKI DOO VALMONT & 1976 SKI DOO OLYMPIQUE PLUS 440
MY
WIFE'S 1979 ARCTIC CAT JAG FREE AIR
1979 ARCTIC
CAT JAG 3000 F/A - SNOWMOBILE.
1977 SKI
DOO EVEREST 340E & SKI DOO VALMONT.
OUR SKI
DOO VALMONT AT THE SUGAR BUSH MAKING MAPLE SYRUP.
MY BROTHER
IS TAKING PICTURES FOR THE FAMILY ALBUM. DAVID S
GERMAIN
BEAUSÉJOUR COLLECTING SAP TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP.
GERMAIN WORKED
SO HARD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME GREAT MAPLE SYRUP.
THANKS
GERMAIN FOR HELPING OUT.
HERE I AM WHEN
I WAS IN MY TEENS. DAVID S.
