Believe to Achieve

What the TRAIL RUN was that?  So, garmin less and sign-less, not to mention brain-less....we got LOST.  We ran from Grove Creek to Battle Creek trailhead and power hiked up past the falls (recommended hike with kids, steep but worth every step).  We were supposed to do a loop up Battle Creek then north on  Dry Creek trail then back down Grove Creek to our car.   The adventure was just beginning.  We went a ways, thru slate rock, four bridges, and grasses taller than us.  We took a left turn where the trail forked (no sign in sight). We got to a place we thought couldn't be the trail any longer, because it was covered over?/?  Should we take it?  We opted out as there was lots of stinging nettle.  We jog/walked fast back to where we took a "wrong" turn (20 minutes added to our time).  We headed back up the trail and kept going and going...well now we are both too late to make it back for hubbies....I was supposed to be back at 8am to take kids to pool so Troy wouldn't have to get out of bed quite yet.  Oh well.  We were lost.  So we decided to let the Holy Spirit guide.  Hiked another 10 minutes and turned around, WOW  the climb was steep cause the downhill was intense.  Rockie at times then high grasses.  I got stuck by a weed that I believe must have been stinging nettle cause it is still stinging. My daughter told me to rub up against tree bark.  She learned this at Clear Creek camp two weeks ago.  I think I will just rub on some benadryl cream.  Man is it stinging.  Like an alien is inside my quadricep!!  Oh well we got to get down this mountain.  So we went back the way we came and suddenly out of "nowhere" there is a sign.  How did we miss this?  Whatever,  at least now we know.  If we hadn't turned around we wouldn't have known about the "sign".  The sign told us Dry Creek trail was 1.1 miles up (we were nearly there, laughing, not) and that trailhead for Battlecreek was 1.3 miles back down.  That is all we went from that point?  Hiking sure is incredibly intense.  If we wanted to go to Provo we could cross the river at that point.  The map I had made no sense (it was left in Melanie's car).  I was going on a picture in my head.  Still reading it afterward didn't make sense.  It wasn't an exact type of map but I thought it had to be somewhat close.  Need to find a good one.  Can't even get details on the internet even in Satellite mode.  We got back at 8:15am.  Melanie says she had a nice run....she is being nice.  I was okay with it, totally breathtaking views but not liking the lost feeling.  Still don't know how close we were to Dry Creek.  We are going to start up Grove Creek next time and tackle Battlecreek from behind.  That should be interesting.  What we really want to do is take Grove Creek to Timponoeke Campground (about 12.5 miles).  Melanie and I both started this run very tired.  She ran a 1:24 halfmarathon on her treadmill yesterday (yah I know, very fast) and I did the run I wrote about PLUS took my kids down Provo River in a tube, ice cold baby!!!  I think I have nerve damage, temporarily...it was fun but shockingly cold.  It reminded me of the Salem Tri when I took days to thaw out.    I am currently massively fatigued and this stinging nettle is long-lasting I'll say.  Off to get the benadryl cream...  Distance (1.14 miles alone at my house before leaving)=  ??????????  Run/Hike with Melanie probably 8 or more miles.  (Gone 1 hr 51 minutes).