Gettin Down in Pie Town

That's right, we spent a night in Pie Town, New Mexico. The population is about 45 people. There aren't even road signs here! What they do have though is lots and lots of pie. To name a few; strawberry rhubarb, peach, peach apple, blueberry, apple, pumpkin, pecan, pumpkin pecan, banana nutella (a B&B creation) and pie towns signature southwestern pie made with green chile and apples. It was a religious experience.
Pie Town used to place for settlers to stop and the locals were notorious for giving out fresh baked pie. When New Mexico decided to recognize the small community as an official town the town name battles ensued. New Mexico had come up with a selection of names for the community but the locals refused to be recognized as anything but Pie Town. The state complied.
We stayed in a hostel called the "Toaster House" which hosts hikers climbing the continental divide. Oh, by the way, we also crossed the continental divide. The continental divide was described to me as the point where water flows east on one side and west on the other. We now roll west with the water.
Pie Town was also prom night. We reveled in the community center with live music from Mr. Holland Stewart. Apropos for being in the southwest, prom night was western themed. Cowboys/cowgirls, Native Americans and totem poles put their thrift shop collections together to create a rather well dressed group of nomads. Lets just say it took a little extra time to get out the door this morning.
We will depart the "Land of Enchanment" and enter into a long stretch through the "Grand Canyon State." Thanks for having us New Mexico, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay.