If the Madison sap is too far away, the Wehr Nature Center in Milwaukee can be just as sweet. Basic info follows, you’ll have to figure out the rest:

March 25–26, 2006, 1–4 p.m. General Public
Rain or Shine

Get the spring juices flowing at Maple Sugar Days! Your whole family will hike with a naturalist guide to the sugarbush to see tapped sugar maples and taste fresh sap as it drips from the trees. Next, you’ll visit an old-time sugarin’ camp and hear stories of how the old-timers produced maple syrup and sugar – but you may be distracted from the stories by the oh-so-sweet aroma of clear maple sap boiling down to rich, dark maple syrup!