So, we’re talking about a casual 40 or 50-mile, three-day backpacking trip through the Mojave Desert into the Joshua Tree Wilderness… Dear God, I thought to myself, remembering how miserable it was to run out of water on a three-day, 30-mile backpacking trip into the Saguaro Desert only two weeks earlier.
Joshua Tree National Park
“As your emergency contact, you should tell me where you’re going before you go on your trip. Telling me after-the-fact isn’t helpful. ”