Tour Blog — Day 15   Another time around the bend,This time I will hold on.The things I see I will press into my brain.I don’t need a camera. Another time around the bend,Every conversation I don’t want to let go,Was God cruel to create time that slips away?Alexa,…

Tour Blog — Day 14   Tears. Tears are the name of the game on Day 14. Remember how I said we can generally predict how tour’s emotional flow is going to go? Well, we are full on into the tears part. The part that’s bittersweet for all of us, but especially poignant, I…

Tour Blog — Day 13   I was talking to Bemo earlier this week, and he mentioned some trips he’d like to make someday — floating the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, for one. The reason? “It’s one-of-one.” Not a trip you can recreate somewhere else. You can see…

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…