Today is The Wandering New Mexican’s sixth birthday.
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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…
Blue October at Hoyt Sherman Place
November 2, 2025
In April, we bought tickets to see Blue October at Hoyt Sherman Place on November 2. After our Escape the Corn Sweat summer tour and our first international trip to see Blue October in Cabo, Brandy forgot and promptly booked a work trip to northern California, leaving November 1.
Never fear though, she suggested I take Sue, her mom.
So I did!
Evil Dead In Concert
October 12, 2025
I might have mentioned this before, but Facebook’s targeted market sure knows me.
Before our trip to Cabo, I’d spied an ad for Evil Dead In Concert, a showing of my favorite movie with a small orchestra performing the score live on stage.
There was NO way I was going to pass this up!
Into the Ocean: Blue October in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!
October 2-6, 2025
Less than six years after starting this blog, and wondering if I would ever even leave the state of New Mexico, Brandy and I found ourselves leaving the country for a four day all inclusive trip to Mexico to hang out with Blue October!
Escaping the Corn Sweat: Albuquerque and Wichita
September 14 – 26, 2025
The end of this leg of our Summer 2025 Escape the Corn Sweat Tour was supposed to see us finish a week in Albuquerque before heading on home for a couple of weeks before our departure for our first international trip, but Brandy had other plans.
Escaping the Corn Sweat: Wire Pass Trail
September 11, 2025
During the Summer of 2021, I watched a video from some wandering YouTubers I follow, Adam and Kathryn where they hiked the Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch slot canyon trail in Kanab, Utah. So inspired, that’s when I became determined to visit southern Utah.