Once I got stuck in dry river sand in Arizona (had a job surveying). The truck just sank down in the sand and couldn't get any traction. It was late in the eve

Once I got stuck in dry river sand in Arizona (had a job surveying). The truck just sank down in the sand and couldn't get any traction. It was late in the evening on Friday, almost dark and I was out of phone range. I was single at the time, my bosses and co-workers had all gone home for the weekend and no one was going to miss I was gone until at least Monday morning. It was probably a good 8 or 10 mile hike minimum back to the road so I decided to settle in for the night and hike out in the morning and get help. So I slept in the truck. During the night it rained and wet the sand and the next morning I drove right out. Then I kicked myself because there was water right there in the stream and I could have wet the sand myself!