First Officer’s Entry:
Whoooo, boy! Did we luck out! Today we won!
We arrived in Pie Town, New Mexico about
3 PM. After setting up the rig in the
Pie Town RV Park, we went in search of pie.
Just up the hill from us is the Pie Town Café, which is closed
today. Up the hill a tad bit further is
the Pie-O-Neer Café. We found that the
two café’s split up the week so there is always a café open, and pie available,
for folks passing through and for folks like me to whom this is a specific out
of my way gotta see it destination.
So, how did we luck out? The café closes at 4 PM and we walked in at
3:30 not knowing that. And there were three slices of Oat/Pecan Pie left and we
got two of them. And two servings of Green Pepper Pork Stew, which was
delicious by the way, and then the pie was beyond delicious also by the way.
And we got to meet Kathy! Yes, that Kathy! Kathy Knapp, the Pie Lady of Pie Town, New
Mexico. And now we have a new friend for
life. Seriously, she is sweet as pie. (Did I really write that?)
This morning I had a senior moment
mental misfire. I knew we had crossed a
time zone when we entered New Mexico, so I reset all the clocks and watches in
the rig. Then at about 9:30 AM we drove
from the Red Barn RV Park (love that park) into Roswell to visit the UFO Museum
to squash a few pennies, arriving at 10 AM or so. And the museum was closed! And right there on the front was a huge “Open
Seven Days a Week, 9 to 5” poster. So I
was really torqued and thought, “What’d I do, arrive in the only 8 day week of
the year?”
We sat in the rig in their parking lot
for about 20 minutes with me grousing about our luck, and the museum’s lack of
consideration when I spotted two ladies having a smoke behind the
building. I went and asked them if the
museum was going to be open today and they said, “Yes, at 9 AM.”
I said, “but it’s 10:30 now!”
And they replied, “No, it’s 8:30 now.”
And that’s what happens when you have a senior
moment mental misfire. I had set our
clocks and watches ahead one hour rather than back one hour.
Anyway, we stayed in their lot for
another half hour and I put the time to good use making pancakes, pork chops,
and coffee for breakfast.
At the real 9+ AM I went in, skipped the
ticket counter (I’ve been there before), went directly into the gift shop, squashed
three pennies for the GK’s, bought a “been there” pin, and we cruised our way
to Pie Town, New Mexico.
And here we are.
Captain’s Entry:
(The captain
is napping. This is all you get today. FO)
She surfaced long enough to process a photo splash and upload this entry.
End Log
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| Roswell New Mexico UFO Museum and Penny Press Location |
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| Note the Street Lamp's Globe |
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| National Radio Astronomy Observatory | (Very Large Array) |
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| A bit closer! Tomorrow we hope to get VERY close |
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| A Metal Sculpture Store Along Rt 380 |
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| An Abandoned Adobe House on Rt 380 |
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| A Windmill and a Hip Roof Along the Way to Pie Town |
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