Maple Sugar Weekends -- Saturdays in March 2010

Tap into some sweet fun for everyone!
Take a horse-drawn wagon ride around the Rocks Estate property and see up close the workings of a modern-day pipeline collecting system and visit an operating sugarhouse. You will also learn how to drill and tap a maple tree. To top off each session, the program will finish with maple syrup and fresh donuts.

For three consecutive Saturdays during March 2010, the Rocks will offer a series of family-oriented education programs in which participants will learn all about the production of maple syrup. In the course of each two-hour session, topics to be covered will include:

• The history of maple sugaring, from the time-honored traditions of the Native Americans to the present
• Why sap moves in maple trees
• How to distinguish between red maple and sugar maple trees
• How to identify a maple tree when it is without leaves
• A wagon ride into the sugar bush to tap your own tree--our kids loved this part!
• A visit to newly renovated 100 year old working sugar house

Package includes:

• One night or two nights for two adults and two kids. Stay two nights and get the second night FREE for our 2 for 1 deal applies here, too.
• Full breakfast each morning
• Tickets to Rocks for your maple sugar experience. The program, including your wagon ride, begin at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. each Saturday at the Rocks Estate.
• Wagon ride at the Rocks

Package rates are:

• $165 for all our rooms with a queen bed or queen and twin bed for one night. Or stay two nights with the second night FREE.
• $225 for our outdoor hot tub room, Nellie's, for two nights
• $275 for family suites for up to 4 people for two nights. Call for rates for additional people.

More on the whole experience at The Rocks here.