Shady Grove.......

We wanted to take miss diva on a sugar bush tour for a while now, finding the time was always a little hard. Groupon had a deal for $9.00 for 2 and she was free, so off we went to Shady Grove in Guelph.

 Demonstrating the new way of collecting sap and the old way. This was very interesting for us!

 First when sap was being collected, they would put in this hallowed out log with heated rocks and the water would evaporate.

 The picnic area for people to eat. We were very happy to see this area, so we could bring our own food in.

                             LOOK! Their maple sugar has even made it to China. I hope the chinese enjoy our canadian maple syrup..Miss you China.......

                                                 Us on the horse/wagon ride

                     showing how they use to boil and separate the water from the sap

                                                baba and miss diva at the pump house

                                               traditional sap collecting....see the little drip?

 it looks just like water.....look at all that sap in the pail....I really enjoyed this

                                                            goin' for a walk in the trails

 the blue lines....the new way for collecting sap from the trees....beautiful scenery

The favorite part for miss diva was the horse ride...she wasn't afraid of the horses but terrified of butterflies.....don't get it! Lovely day ...we totally enjoyed it. We'll do it again!