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+---
+date: 2017-04-14 21:00:00 -0500
+title: "Pancake Day"
+image: 
+author: richard
+locations: 
+  - Canada
+  - Ottawa
+---
+
+It's pancake day!! Well, it's the day we're going to have pancakes at the maple
+farm anyway :smiley:. [Wheelers Pancake House, Sugar Camp & Museums][wm] was a
+bit of a drive from the house so we got the opportunity to admire the
+countryside and the houses again. It's still incredible to me how much open
+space there is and how big the houses are. There were some beautiful places on
+the way so there was no danger of being bored on the drive :smiley:.
+
+On the approach, we got our first glimpse of the system used to extract the sap
+from the maple trees ready for converting to maple syrup. The network of pipes
+leading back to the 'sugar camp’ was definitely something to behold. It seems we
+picked a great day to visit. When we arrived, we were told it was the last day
+of production for the year. Apparently, the sap from the trees makes the best
+maple syrup when the temperature is above 5°C during the day and below
+-5°C overnight so they’re just boiling up the last of the sap since the
+weather turned.
+
+[wm]: http://wheelersmaple.com/
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