Why, as a geocacher, do I get lost so often?

Winter Meetup 4 was in Enfield or Somers or somewhere near there. I failed to load my GPS correctly and almost didn't show up for it. The bridge/end of the song made this the best choice...

(Guns 'n Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine") 

I've got a frown 'cause it seems to me
GPS, it is not telling me
How I messed up, no it will not tell me why

No co-ords and I did not check
the upload went wrong ... oh, what the heck
And if I drive too far, I'd probably break down and cry

Whoa, oh, oh, dumb move o' mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, dumb move of mine

Then I thought that I might have got
some caches quite nearby
I'd hate to turn back and go home so I gave it a try

I want to go find in that snowy place
The caches those two'd hide
But I had no co-ords so I sat and time, it just passed me by

Whoa, oh, oh, dumb move o' mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, dumb move of mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, dumb move o' mine
ooh, dumb move of mine

Where do I go? Where do I go now? Where do I go?
Where did they go? Where did they go now?
Oh, where do I go now?

Where do I go? Where do I go now?
(Sweet child) Ooh, where do I go now?

Where do I go? Oh, where do I go now? Oh, where do I go now? (multiple times)

Now now now now now now now
Dumb move, dumb move o' mine