Friends at school planned a 2-day desert camping excursion for about a month.
The day before we were to leave, they asked what time they should pick me up.
Something didn’t feel right. Sorry, I can’t go. One of my friends chimed in and said he too couldn’t go.
That weekend one of my friends little brother (11?) rolled the Bronco on a desert trail.
His dad was ejected and the vehicle rolled over him, killing him instantly.
Another friend was lucky to survive and needed over 150 stitches.
Add in various broken bones and being in the middle of nowhere, pre-cell phones.