How exciting! It was great to see so many other SEA members at the event (and wearing flannel too!), there were a few unexpected turns too.
Our slated "Flannel Day" (for having a lumberjack-like breakfast) was the first day for UM-Dearborn to start tapping the maple trees (not to boil sap, make syrup, or pancakes--ah well).
However, we had the opportunity to lead or shadow a maple syruping seasonal walk. What's that? Imagine an episode of David Attenborough, the Jeff Corwin Experience, David Suzuki's Nature of Things,or Steve Irwin's Crocodile Hunter devoted to sugar maples in Michigan--LIVE! Mixed in with some DIY maple tree tapping.
Our group little D shaped marks on the trunk of our tree which is indicative of a certain woodpecker known as the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker too...
Anyhow, keep an eye out for the UM-Dearborn syrup bottles.
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