Tour Blog — Day 12   “Well, since my baby left me, Well, I’ve found a new place to dwell, Well, It’s down at the end of lonely street At Heartbreak Hotel.” -Elvis Yep, you heard it right, folks. My baby left me and I’m stuck here in Great Falls, MT at Heartbreak…

Tour Blog — Day 11 2026-07-28 — whitewater rafting, Missoula, MT. No missing what today was all about: Whitewater Rafting with the Montana River Guides company. Man, were these guys awesome. They were so professional and kind and if it had anything to do with rafting,…

Tour Blog — Day 10 I have been in an adult body for so long that sometimes I forget what it is like to be a teenager. Personally, I was a nut. I would have been the kind of kid on tour that I now have to grit my teeth a little to put up with. We don’t really have many…

Tour Blog — Day 9 We’re back in the U.S.!! I spent 22 years in the United States Army, for those of you who didn’t know. Not that it makes my reentry any more special than any of the singers’ — but it does give me a little perspective on people in their teens and…

Tour Blog — Day 8   Hey everyone — as much as you know I like to work a little too hard to find a connection between some whimsical rumination and what we’re doing on tour, my brain just isn’t working that way tonight. I usually get at least one of these nights…

Tour Day 7 Blog I recently read that AI exploits a certain way of viewing the world that the author calls optimization, or the tendency to make everything easier and more efficient. They assert that this comes at the cost of a cultivation mindset, or the acquisition…

Tour Blog – Day 6 2026-07-23 — Alberta/Edmonton leg. Ok guys, before we get into the blog for today, I have to tell you this thing that happened. Kanda Sampson — if you haven’t met her, she’s about the sweetest little eighth grader there is — was talking to Emily and…

Tour Blog — Day 5 2026-07-22 — Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, border crossing into Alberta. I wonder if moose appreciate things. A ground squirrel ran by my feet at Logan Pass today and didn’t even seem to clock that I was there, he was so used to…

Tour Blog — Day 4   “I looked out my window this morning and I saw a homeless man walking on the street. It struck me because I was in here and he was out there. I am traveling on these fancy busses across the country. And then I thought to myself how it is not…

Tour Blog — Day 3 Did you know that everywhere you’ve ever been you have made a little map of that place in your head? Literally, there are billions of little neurons in there, each one of them are solely dedicated to marking out a blip on the map. You reference…