Thanks for your encouragement and comments. I've enjoyed reading them.

Yes, those bunnies are devious!

We did each have a cel phone. Coverage isn't too bad in that area, provided you can get to a high spot. I wasn't thinking about rescue yet, so hadn't considered using them.

Although we were close to our check-in time, our responsible party wouldn't report us overdue for another 3 hours after that. I think we would have used at least an hour of that grace period seeing if we could think our way to the car. That's provided we still felt fine with plenty of water, good body temperature, no injuries, etc.

One thing I wish we had done, though, the moment we figured we were having an adventure, was to start leaving markers behind. I carry a roll of trail marker tape and a sharpie just for that, so I can write our names, the date and time, and direction traveled on the tape and tie it to something. I just didn't remember to do it.

Thanks again for your comments!