AN ACR B757 FREIGHTER FLC RPTED THAT THEY TAXIED THE WRONG RTE TO THEIR PARKING SPOT; IN PART; DUE TO PAST PRACTICE; CONFLICTING TFC; GND CREW SIGNALS AND AN IMPRACTICABLE ROUTING BY THE GND CTLR.

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FIRST FLT OF A WK LONG TRIP. I WAS FLYING VACATION COVERAGE. HAD NOT BEEN TO YHM IN APPROX 3 YRS; FO HAD BEEN FLYING TO YHM ALL MONTH. FO'S LEG SDF-YHM; EVERYTHING NORMAL. LANDED AT XA01 LCL. ONLY ACFT MOVING ON ARPT. AFTER LNDG YHM RWY 30R; TWR TOLD US TO EXIT TXWY G; CALL GND ON TXWY G. CALLED GND. HE SAID TAXI TXWY G; TXWY C TO APRON. WE PARK ON RAMP STRAIGHT IN TXWY F (SEE ENCLOSED MAP). AS I CROSSED RWY 30L; FO SAID WE PARK THERE AND MARSHALLING WAS WAVING ME ON IN. TXWY F MAKES A JOG OFF TXWY C TO RAMP (SEE MAP). NO WAY TO GO TXWY C TO THE RAMP AND TO OUR PARKING SPOT. AS I PULLED INTO PARKING; GND SAID 'I DID NOT CLR YOU TO THE APRON BY TXWY F; I CLRED YOU BY TXWY C AND YOU ACCEPTED THE CLRNC.' FO TOLD GND WE ALWAYS COME IN TXWY X. GND SAID 'WE WILL FORGET ABOUT IT THIS TIME; BUT ON SOME DARK FOGGY NIGHT; IF YOU GO BUMP INTO SOMETHING DO NOT EXPECT ME TO SHED ANY TEARS.' CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: BOTH FO AND MYSELF HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT. FATIGUE; RELYING TOO MUCH ON FO TO SHOW ME WHERE WE PARK SINCE HE HAD BEEN FLYING THE TRIP; MARSHALLING WAVING ME ON IN TXWY F. NEXT TIME; INSTEAD OF ASSUMING; I WILL ASK!