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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!

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.

Escaping the Corn Sweat: Bryce Canyon National Park and the Toadstool Hoodoos

September 10, 2025

In my effort to make my posts more bearable to read (as well as to write), I’m going to try a different approach on this post and see how it works out.

Escaping the Corn Sweat: Zion National Park

September 8, 2025

About an hour north of Fredonia is one of Utah’s five National Parks- Zion. Home to such iconic sights as Angel’s Landing, The Narrows and Weeping Rock, I’m honored to be able to that that I have been able to visit and enjoy one of the most popular National Parks in the country.

Escaping the Corn Sweat: Fruita, Colorado

August 24 – September 6, 2025

After a quick week in Walsenburg, we made our way northwest, almost into Utah, to the town of Fruita, Colorado, just west of Grand Junction, for the next two weeks on our Escaping the Corn Sweat Summer 2025 Tour. But before we got there, we made a stop in nearby Rifle. Read on for more!