A Road Trip in Mexico Gone Wrong

When my father heard I would be vacationing in Mexico and planned to rent a car, he told me, “Just don’t get lost in the desert down there.” A week later, I was lost in the desert in Mexico.This was in Baja California Sur 10 years ago this summer, an unforgettable anniversary, for not a July passes that I don’t recall the experience and shudder a little, imagining a darker outcome.