DEATH VALLEY

Factors that can make a trip through Death Valley (the hottest place in the country) a bit unpleasant:

1. It is summer
2. It is the middle of the afternoon
3. The air conditioning in your car is not working
4. The three-year-old says he has to go to the bathroom 15 minutes after he just did, and throws a fit when you tell him “no”
5. The baby cries for two straight hours, from the minute you enter the park until the minute you leave it