When I've gone out to the Olympic peninsula, or elsewhere in the wilderness, I take some good maps of back roads that I got from the AAA. Even if I stay only on highways, they're reassuring.

I've often taken the wrong road. (I had a heck of a time getting onto West Marginal from the West Seattle bridge on my way to Amy T's house.) But my talent is to realize immediately that it is wrong. And then I stop and look at the map, and if "proceed on" appears to be an option, I may do that, but only if I have time to retrack if it turns out to be wrong, because it often does.