the long way around

• detourAlternate path around obstruction
• scenic routeRoad selected for beauty
• roundaboutCircular junction for traffic
• windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
• meanderingFollowing a winding course

journey · circuitous · indirect · backroads · bypass · wandering · miles · lost · adventure · scenic · countryside · patience · delay · discovery · sidetrack · rambling · twisted · curves