Keep things as possible simple, and if possible avoid zigzagging the line from one side of a passageway to the other.
Sitting unobtrusively in the county for hours is often more rewarding than zigzagging around for a new tick.
In the autumn of 1864 the Confederate general, Sterling Price, aiming to enter Kansas from Missouri but defeated by General Pleasanton's cavalry, retreated southward, zigzagging on both sides of the Missouri-Kansas line.
His route to Philly looked like a drunkard's path, zigzagging a series of country roads that were at times crowded with local traffic.