Sometime, when we are on a journey that seems to be too rough than expected or taking a longer time than we calculated, we are tempted to conclude that we either have missed our way or God is not in such a journey with us.
The Psalmist said "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me," Ps 23:4a. The smoothness or roughness of a road is not a determining factor as to whether God is with us or not.
As part of His method of training His children on dependence on Him, God sometime takes us through rough and long paths. Although, there was a shorter path to the Promised Land, yet it pleased God to take the Israelis through the wilderness to train them (Deut 8:1-3). Remember, no matter what or where you go through, God's assuring presence with you is all you need