I guess this one is slightly more political than I try to make content here… but…. still worth thinking about…. I had done some wandering in my time. I think it may not be for everyone… Maybe some people are actually designed genetically to sit in front of a comp screen and color excel sheets all day while people like me really need the exercise. My second year of college I wandered from AA, MI to Jackson, MI after drinking 2x40s of Steel Reserve. About 37 miles right there. In 2013 I started taking long walks from Detroit down to Toledo along US-24. Just to…. decompress I guess. One time I Walked to Akron, OH. I’ve been “struggling” with alcoholism and was hoping that maybe the Magic AA meetings in Akron would solve all my problems. That was a long walk. The problems weren’t solved. I did catch a few rides with Cops, so I probably really walked maybe…. uhh…. 80% of that distance, to be honest. Still a really long walk. Back in 2018 I stole a neighbor’s bike and rode it to Indianapolis. That was fun.

So…. derive – 1) TO DEVIATE FROM A STANDARD, ESTABLISHED FRAMEWORK; 2) TO DROP RELATIONS, WORK AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES, AND BE DRAWN BY THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE TERRAIN AND ENCOUNTERS ONE FINDS THERE; 3) TO DRIFT……