sugar house hopping

sugarhouse hopping is an activity practiced in the spring time in areas that maple syrup is produced. to sugar house hop one travels from sugarhouse to sugarhouse visiting friends and often pitching in and helping carry sap, stoke the arch, change the filters in the filter press or help caning the maple syrup. sometimes but not required are the sharing of good eats and beverages, and after a stay of an hour or 2 you migrate on to the next sugarhouse that is still boiling sap.