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Maple Sugar Weekends -- Saturdays in March 2009
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, 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.
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.
Package rates are:
- $155 for our rooms with a queen bed or queen and twin bed
- $225 for the hot tub rooms: Nellie's or Sunset
- Call for family suite prices that can sleep 5, 6 or 8 people
More on the whole experience at The Rocks here.
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