Bring the family for pancake breakfasts and free interactive syrup making in and around Letchworth State Park’s sugarhouse the last two weekends of March. Maple Weekends festival days are March 18, 19, 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park’s sugarhouse and the Humphrey Nature Center. There will be four hands-on activity stations for visitors to participate in syrup making: sap collecting, traditional stone boiling, evaporator boiling in the sugarhouse, and syrup grading/tasting. All educational activities are free. Breakfast will be served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. by volunteers with the Friends of Letchworth State Park nonprofit. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, orange juice, milk, and, of course, maple syrup. Breakfast tickets are $8, kids under age five eat free. Tickets are available online now at friendsofletchworth.com and day-of at the door. Proceeds to benefit preservation and maintenance projects by the Friends of Letchworth State Park.
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