Every year we take the students to a cabane a sucre in March. Translated, it is called a 'sugar shack'. It's at a maple syrup farm and we get to see how they make maple syrup and then enjoy a traditional meal. The meal usually involves pea soup, ham, bacon, scrambled eggs, potatoes, sausages and much more. And then you put maple syrup on everything.
Part of the trip to the cabane is to celebrate the end of the semester with the students.
It was a wonderful evening of fellowship and good food. It's been a great semester. At the beginning of the year, we had nine new students join us and it's been great to see how well they've fit in and how they have all been growing and changing individually and corporately.
This is a picture of Jenn and I. Jenn's from Nebraska and she was only here for winter semester but we had a lot of fun together. I'm thankful we can be pen pals now! :)
This is the vat where they boil the sap into maple syrup. It takes 16 litres of maple sap to become maple syrup, so it's quite the process.
Mean I love this kid. She's turning two in a couple days.
One my favourite parts of this cabane a sucre is the DJ. There's an older Quebec gentleman who gets so excited when people decide to dance. He turns on his disco lights and is actually a fairly decent dj. Anyway, we had a lot of fun line dancing and just being silly!
A great end to a great semester! Right now it's spring break and the students are all gone, which means we have numerous groups in during the holidays. There are six students that stayed on spring break staff, so it's been fun to hang out with them as well and go on some fun adventures. One more week until the students are back and then it will be a very fast spring term. More photos from our adventures soon!
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Sounds like you had a sweet time at the sugar shack : )
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