<human>: Condense the text into a few key points

This actually happened last night, but I was extremely tired by the time I made it to a hotel, so...
  
I am in the process of moving my family from western Washington to Texas.  Yesterday after work, we loaded up in the family truckster and hit the road.  This was the second mistake (see above).
  
It gets dark pretty early and was pitch black by 7.  Trusting the ever-faithful GPS, which *never* leads us astray, I start driving down these back roads that scream "LOCALS ONLY," but I continue for what seemed like two hours.  This was my third mistake
  
Noticing that the time to destination indicator on the GPS was barely moving should have been the  sign.  
  
Now, my family and I have been living in Washington for a while, but we kept the GPS in the car just in case.  My son found it a while back and started playing with it.  He would put in destinations and play navigator.  It was all in fun... until yesterday.  That was mistake number one.
<bot>: Son played with GPS, started traveling cross-country after a long day of work, ended up on the wrong roads because of my son.