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| - Time time time, let's while away the time. A little petting zoo, pancakes galore and a deeply involved tour of maple makery and what do you know, Sunday is blissfully complete.
This past Sunday a few friends and I trekked (aka drove in the VW) to this maple extravaganza. Being a recent maple liker, this was a great picture into the life of the maple farm, and surprisingly Santa Claus (more to come). Thank goodness I wasn't driving, I'm honestly not sure where we were. All I know is there was a large gathering of tiny people and their parents, and for $8.00 I'm pretty sure I know where Santa spends his off hours.
We started with the zoo, petting and poking many furred four leggers, moving to the pancake house where we sampled their wares, and then onto an hour of the most in depth tour one might need of a maple farm. As a side note it was a little slow, my suggestion is to get together a big group and get a private tour, it appeared a little more catered than the mass tours they give out on the hour.
After being regaled with tales of maple from long ago we went into the "fire room" where the syrup is made from sap. It was here that I spied Santa Claus (spoiler alert). The very same Santa that spends his time a few weeks a year at the Eaton's centre. No joke, pretty much a great end to a pretty good day.
I found it interesting that while this farm produced very little maple syrup this year, there were farms in Ontario that did fairly well, and they were quite well stocked with various maple wares.
Bottom line...while this place was more kid friendly than adult friendly, it did bring out the child inside and I might just make another trek...in a few years time.
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