Lost In Death Valley Short Story

Callie Schmidt
Lost In Death Valley By:Callie Schmidt I was walking into the abandoned camper, smothered in sweat, and mouth dry to the bone. And the smell of burning rubber as I walked into the abandoned camper. I thought in my head I need to keep moving no matter what happens this is a life or death situation. When I walked in the door of the camper the place was a mess wood planks tore up with nails sticking out, and dusty furniture. I walked in faster and found myself in front of 2 mattresses they were white or what I think was supposed to be white. The mattress looked nasty, but we needed something to sleep on. Gina and I dragged the nasty mattresses out of the camper and laid the mattresses under the tree. I went inside the camper again and found stale oatmeal, cans of beans, beer, and some jerky. After that I looked around for anything useful outside the camper, I walked on the left side of the camper can found a hose, I turned the water on and the water the worst but best water I’ve ever had it was hot and tasted like dirt. All three of us had some of that water, we were relieved that we found water in the middle of nowhere. …show more content…
Gina got sick from dehydration and exhaustion and felt unable to eat food. I started getting worried about this because soon enough all three of us might have the same feeling inside and out. I tried to get Gina to eat some small bites of the stale oatmeal from the camper. We found a radio in the camper and Gina hooked it up to the car battery, but the heat was too intense to stay in the sun that long enough to raise anyone on