Muddy Quads

A few days ago me and my dad were out trail riding (i was on my Z, he was the on AC 300). After about 1hr of riding, we head home, and my dad was in front of me...instead of turning to head down the street to home, he crosses the street to go to the other side of the powerlines. I follow him and Im doing good, some water, a little mud...then in the middle of the trails, the mud starts to get really bad, and there is a stonewall you have to go over to keep going. So my dad is still in front and he is past the stone wall and im about 10ft away from it and he tells me to turn around becuase he thinks ill get stuck in the mud. I put it in reverse back up and hit a rock with the skid plate...i go forward and try to steer around it, but i cant steer in the mud i was in...so i pull forward to try to turn around, but i just stay in the rut in the mud and cant turn around...i hit the same rock again and just keep gasing it, wiggling the z side to side...then once im over the rock there is another on i can see in the mud. I rock it over this rock after a few minutes of rocking side to side...once out of the mud i drive backwards on the tight trail for about 300ft before i can turn around...and at home i told him that it would have been a lot easier to have just gone over the stonewall and turned around then backing up in the mud...he said next time just pick up the front end and turn it around...lol...