June 8-15, 2026
Even after our trip to Cabo for the first Blue October Into the Ocean getaway, I was hard pressed to call us “world travelers”. Mexico is barely international travel.
Now, however…
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The Accidental World Tour of 2026
After vowing to scale back our travel this year as we were planning on attending both of the Blue October getaways, the summer one in Portugal and a return to Cabo in the fall, we quickly made liars out of ourselves.
St. Louis, Missouri
May 1 – 3
After a 4+ hour drive home from Verona, WI, I was home long enough to swap suitcases, load Brandy and Ash up in the car and we were on the road for another 4+ hour drive to St. Louis.
Verona, Wisconsin – XGM At Epic
April 27 – May 1
After a nearly three year absence, I made my triumphant return to Verona, Wisconsin, for the Epic-hosted eXpert Group Meeting, or XGM.
Royal Gorge Bridge & Park, Canon City, Colorado
February 13
I have talked Colorado to death. We’ve been there a bazillion times since I started this blog and very little changes from visit to visit.
As a direct result of that, I am shifting how I structure my blog posts. Instead of an overarching trip overview, I will pick out the specific adventures we go on while on these trips. That way, I don’t have to tell you that we went shopping in Crested Butte and Gunnison again or that we ate crack fries at Secret Stash again.
So, for this inaugural blog post in this style, I present to you, The Royal Gorge Bridge & Park in Canon City, CO
Happy Sixth Birthday!
Today is The Wandering New Mexican’s sixth birthday.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 1-3, 2026
2025’s body wasn’t even cold before we headed out on our first adventure for 2026!
2025 Year in Review
I feel like a broken record every time I say this, but 2025 was a year unlike any other that I have experienced in my life. Filled with new and exciting adventures that I never in a million years thought I would experience.
Blue October at Prairie Home Alliance Theater
December 4, 2025
Previously on The Wandering New Mexican:
During the last days of our stay in Cannon Beach, Brandy got the call that their head accountant was leaving in short order and Brandy and her colleagues would have to fly to San Diego to be trained on what he did and take over some of those responsibilities. This trip was scheduled for December 1-3. With tickets in hand for a Blue October concert in Peoria on the 4th, there were some logistics that needed to be worked out.
Cannon Beach and Seaside, Oregon and Seattle, Washington
November 16-27, 2025
Brandy returned from the work trip that caused her to miss the November Blue October show on November 8.
Five days later, we were on the road again, driving across the country.
Well, Ash and I did, anyway…