Pie Town Adventure. . .

Hello my friends,

have you ever driven 10 hours for a slice of pie? :)

Well, I have and really; it was more about the adventure than it was about the pie.

 

 

 

My sister Jeanne and I drove 2 hours to Ferron, UT where we joined our sister, Julie and friend, Dolly for our

pie seeking journey.

 

 

It all started when Julie and Dolly saw Pie Town featured on a local television station.  Yup, that's all it took for it to be added to their 'bucket list'.

 

A little remote town about 2 hrs. from Gallop, NM.  A hidden gem in the middle of nowhere.  Did I mention that

the population is 186?

My sister googled and found out that they were having a 'Pie Festival' Sept. 10th.  The date was set and off we went.

 

Like I say, the adventure alone was worth the trip.  Lots of belly laughing went on in the car and along the way we saw some wonderful sites.

 

Snakes on rocks,

 



miles and miles of pretty yellow wildflowers,

 



and a fabulous truck that I would liked to have hitched to the back of our wagon and drug it home with me!

 



Another good laugh was our attempt at a 'selfie'.  It was agreed that we all need longer arms.  lol!

 



 

I got cornered in 'four corners',

 

 

 found a few treasures. . .cute owls, Pendleton throw,  some fun flour sacks, and an old wooden trowel,

 

 

and captured twin (at least we assumed) baby elk along the way.

 

Finally after a long stretch of slow driving through Indian reservation we arrived in "Pie Town"

Believe me, you do NOT want to speed.  The tickets are pricey.  We talked to two people who had gotten ticketed.

 

 

Where we learn that "pie fixes everything".  (wink)

 

There was plenty of entertainment.

 

Pie eating contest,

 

and vendors selling their homemade wares.

 



And I met the famous gal of 'Pioneer Pies'.  There's quite a story behind it all and I heard that there is even a documentary. 
 I'm going to see if I can find it.

 

And YES!  We did eat pie.

 

 We shared two slices in the morning, apple chili (had to try it), and coconut meringue.

Later in the afternoon we shared two more.  Peach and Lemon chess, (basically like a lemon bar in a pie shell).

Coconut was my favorite.

Four pieces of pie shared by four gals.  Yup, we did drive 12 hours for a slice of pie.  ha, ha!

On the way home we spied a couple more beautiful sites!
 

 

 

And I even brought home a big fat pumpkin plucked from my sisters patch.

 

And a couple of mini pies as well.  I finished off my strawberry rhubarb one for breakfast.

 

 Now, if you're thinking of going to pie town here's what I learned:

 

1. Buy pie early.  By 2 p.m. Pioneer Pies had almost sold out of their 160 pies.  Our only choices were the peach and lemon chess.

 

2.  The pie was good, but not excellent.  Not meaning to brag; but I think my pie is right up there.  I make a delicious (so people tell me) coconut cream and pecan pie.  The recipes are from my mother and mother in law.

 

3.  check out the other pie place in pie town.  Silly us never went inside.  What were we thinking?

 

4.  And remember Don't speed on the way to Pie Town!

 

 

Last Thanksgiving my kids had a pie bake off.  I'd say their pies could also give "Pioneer Pies" a run for their money.

 

Still, I'm happy that the town is a success because of their pies!

 

Although my sister texted me this morning saying that Pie Town did not make the top 10 list of must have pie destinations.

 

But 4 & 20 Blackbirds in Brooklyn New York made #1

for their salted caramel pie.

 

YUM! (I love caramel) I bet you can guess where our next

girl get away might be!

 

Eat dessert first!

 

hugs,

Jann