Thinking it would be a huge mistake to leave the southwest without visiting Pietown, NM, we decided to take the long way home (NM Route 60) and make the Pastry-Pilgrimage. It was worth it for just the photo opps.
This is the Pie-O-Neer Cafe, which was closed. Check out the "Stop" sign in the background. We really wanted to taste their pies, but their summer hours didn't jive with ours. So we settled for the Pie-A-Day Cafe, just down the road. The people there were nice, but their pies were so-so. Krista had Triple Berry (Blue, Rasp, Black) Pie and I had Creamy Pecan, both heated. The Triple Berry was much better. I think the Pecan had been sitting around for a while - not a whole lot of people drifting through Pietown this time of year.
Also along Route 60 is the Very Large Array - a series of huge radar dishes that act in concert as a radio telescope. In addition to making detailed maps of the cosmos, this site was also the background for a couple scenes in Contact starring Jodi Foster. The VLA is featured on the poster for the movie.
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