Hiking!!! Must learn to read a map.

So my husband and have been hiking various trails at some of the local parks. We got a book of hikes in our area. We go one day every weekend. It is nice and a good way for us to spend some time together. Inevitably though what happens is the 2 mile hike listed in the book is turning into 4 due to a wrong turn or a misread map or my husband just wanting to "check out" another trail.
I admit I can not read a map unless it is at the mall and I count on my husband to navigate on these hikes. I have come to believe that this may be a mistake as he tends to take these little detours that seem to add mileage to our hikes. There was one day where I swear we were supposed to hike three or four miles and I know we did like 10. Crazy.
He says I exaggerate the mileage so I wanted to prove him wrong. I told him I would wear my pedometer and then we would see who was right. Darn thing doesn't work right. It measured less than the mileage on the map. Stupid thing, how am I supposed to prove he is adding mileage to the hikes when the pedometer doesn't work. Our hike yesterday was supposed to be 2.3 miles. Then we added all the alternate trails which should have turned it into 3 or so. Nobody mentioned the majority of this would be straight up. Then the stupid trails were not labeled. There was a point where I pictured throwing a fit like a two year old. I just did not want to climb those hills any more. I survived.
Today my butt and some muscles I did not know existed in my legs hurt. I feel sore and I guess a little accomplished since I survived but I could have lived without the accomplishment I think.
I leave you with these questions. If a person achieves a hike straight up in the forest but there are few there to witness it did it really happen?  If they then scream in frustration and throw a hissy fit like a small child is it acceptable due to lack of witnesses? If you hike three miles but they are all up hill shouldn't that count for more than three miles? Is nature really so different in different areas that we need to see it all up close?
All kidding aside,  I think hiking is great exercise and it is a nice way to get outside. I don't think it needs to be more than like three miles but apparently what constitutes three miles is debatable.