Terribly tragic. The mom is a nurse at a Las Vegas hospital.
Can't imagine camping in that area in August. And certainly not with just 3 gallons of water, no map, miles off a dirt road and with no other adults to help in case something goes wrong -- like your Jeep getting stuck.
Hopefully others will learn from this. Sounds like the mom was not very well equipped. Now she has to live the rest of her life without her son.
Heartbreaking.
My E broke down in front of my house this morning. Was heading out for a hike at 6:30a, had Gidget and gear loaded and got a big fat nothing response when I turned the ignition (the key fob hadn't worked on the locks, either, but I'd assumed that was the fob battery). I'd left the headlights on the day before. Didn't want to wake anyone up at that hour so waited until another dog person came along to get a jumpstart.
If that had happened in a remote desert spot, how would you get a jumpstart? Let alone your car getting stuck up to its axle in a collapsed fox den.
Hope for the best. Plan for the worst. Gotta plan. Gotta prepare.
I'm stunned the Dachsund lived. And how much water did he drink? What a horrible position to be in.
:-(
Can't imagine camping in that area in August. And certainly not with just 3 gallons of water, no map, miles off a dirt road and with no other adults to help in case something goes wrong -- like your Jeep getting stuck.
Hopefully others will learn from this. Sounds like the mom was not very well equipped. Now she has to live the rest of her life without her son.
Heartbreaking.
My E broke down in front of my house this morning. Was heading out for a hike at 6:30a, had Gidget and gear loaded and got a big fat nothing response when I turned the ignition (the key fob hadn't worked on the locks, either, but I'd assumed that was the fob battery). I'd left the headlights on the day before. Didn't want to wake anyone up at that hour so waited until another dog person came along to get a jumpstart.
If that had happened in a remote desert spot, how would you get a jumpstart? Let alone your car getting stuck up to its axle in a collapsed fox den.
Hope for the best. Plan for the worst. Gotta plan. Gotta prepare.
I'm stunned the Dachsund lived. And how much water did he drink? What a horrible position to be in.
:-(