Lost (not the tv show)

Though I do love the TV show LOST, this post is actually about getting lost. I was driving up to skyline drive the other day with a group of friends to potentially catch the meteor shower (but it was too cloudy) and in the process got lost. Of course, I had told my friend that I wanted to follow him up there but when I got caught at a red light, he didn't happen wait up. We exchanged a few calls and I got myself back on the right track, until I ended up on a two lane inclined road to nowhere and realized that wasn't right at all. I got there eventually but in the process, my passengers had to witness me stress out over getting lost. :-/ I wonder why getting lost bothers me so much? In truth you can just turn around and retrace your route. I'll hopefully work on this...