In Bennington County, the sugarmakers hold a formal open house for visitors, called Maple Sunday. This year's festival is taking place Sunday, March 18. A lot of times when you pop in things are really hectic, so this is a day that we slow down and really cater to visitors. The festival has grown in popularity each year, Kobic said. But there's so much more to it that is fascinating.
Visitors can expect boiling demonstrations, baked goodies and sugar on snow at most places.
Beyond that, each sugarhouse has a little something different to offer. No mater where or when you visit a sugarhouse, it is the human element which is perhaps the most interesting part of the experience. They're farmers, cooks, and physicists as they collect and transform sap into syrup. But they're also folklorists and performance artists in the very purest sense, their stories infused with truth, their callouses earned. Most have been doing it for a long time.