Written by Judith Blakley

Yesterday, we took a shortcut through the Army Base and found ourselves somewhere that civilians never should be. We were scared out of our minds.

My daughter and I decided to go antiquing for the afternoon and I found a little town online that had about seven antique shops within a few minutes of each other. I used mapquest to plot out the route across the Base so that we would not have to go all the way around the base to get to the other side.

Never do that! Mapquest shortcuts are dangerous!

Needless to say, it was quite the adventure, and one I would never wish to take again. We found ourselves in a desert no-mans land with warning signs on each side of us, designed to scare the living daylights out of us.