Snow at Monte Sano

We planned our first camping trip for the spring months ago.  As the date neared the weathermen were forecasting snow for the weekend.  That same week we discovered that both of our HVAC units were broken.  A power surge or lightning had damaged both of them and parts had to be ordered to repair them.  The parts would not arrive until the following week.  We decided the warmest place to be was in our trailer.  John took Friday off so that we could get to Monte Sano as early as possible and enjoy one warm day.  It was in the 60s. Ben and John made their first rides on their new mountain bikes while the girls and I played on the playground.  Heavy rains began to fall in the evening followed by sleet, snow, and a frozen water hose.  Saturday morning we hiked in the snow.  In the afternoon, John, Ben, and Mollie Grace went back out while Annie and I stayed inside, rested, and played games. Since it was cold and our wood was wet, we made our S'Mores in the microwave this trip.  The unfortunate casualty of our freezing cold house was that Annie's fish Coral Reef died.  We had put his bowl upstairs in Ben's room because that is usually the warmest place in the house, but it wasn't warm enough.  He was floating when we got home.  Annie decorated a box for his casket and we buried him.