• Birch Syrup Production,  Blog

    Got busy and the Birch Syrup was a Bust

    Honestly it was completely due to burn out. I’m done. I did collect a bunch of sap and ran it through the RO machine. Probably obtained enough sap/concentrate to get 1/2 a gallon of birch syrup. I just couldn’t find the time and it’s no longer cold enough for the sap to keep for long periods of time. So there is much more to consider during this time of year when it comes to birch sap. Going to cut my losses, clean the buckets and put everything away and work on prepping a better way to retain my heat so I can boil faster next year.

  • Blog,  Camping,  Paintball

    To Canada and Back – Spring Road Trip

    This time of year a fair number of like minded paintball playing crazies like to make a trip to PRZ. It’s a paintball park/field located in Picton Ontario. It’s a long drive, followed by camping out, cold nights, paintball and mud, followed with regaling each other with the days’ adventure and stories book-ended with a long and tired ride back home. This year started off ominous with dire weather: High winds and freezing rain (in large amounts). Despite an internal debate and a fair amount of debating with each other about going, we (The four of us; Paul, Luke, Nish and myself) decided that the trip was going to be…

  • Blog

    MCB Update

    Update 2: MCB is back up and running! I’m doing a full server backup – so I can’t have the database and files changing mid-backup. Taking a lot longer than expected – of course it is… I killed the http web service so it will keep the server load down – so right now the site just won’t load no matter how hard you try. Will update when ready. Hopefully only another 20 minutes.