Monday sans pie

Stella in Pie Town

 Arrived at the strange little tiny campground and picked a spot. Called to check-in but the lady didn't have my reservation. She said I could stay where I'd picked for the night, but the next night all five spots were taken. Normally I am pretty flexible about that sort of stuff, but I wasn't able to sit down and work as much as I would have liked because 1) I wanted out of Sedona early and 2) just drive days are harder for working and now my down day set aside for work and meetings was another travel day.

Funny little place.

The great news is the afternoon temps dropped rapidly in this crazy little place called Pie Town, NM. Downright comfortable. Got a little bit settled in, but not much since I'd be leaving in the morning. Took the dogs for a scamper in the cool sunset and explored our weird little place. The place had a bit of a hippie vibe. Sign says "If you're not staying with us but you need a shower, take one." Free wifi for anyone during the day. I wondered who would be so far off the beaten track and needing a shower, but who knows, could be anyone. (Did I start writing stories in my head? I did.) 

Suddenly, unexpectedly (yes, it deserves the double-down on these tired adverbs) I see distance cyclists going by. Like all geared out in their spandex with their paniers loaded.  I had to fight to restrain myself from chasing after them shouting "Hey! What are you doing out here? Where are you going?"   (Yes, I'm making up stories in my head.)

Still puzzling over the strangely comfortably temps, I pulled out my trusty altimeter app on my phone (I swear I use that app more most others.) Almost 8,000 feet up. I didn't realize. I could have stayed there, so happily stayed there, for much longer. Lovely quirky place with the hint of hiking and bicycle trails.

Alas, it's a long story why this change of plans in Pie Town made me cancel my first two Harvest Hosts. The first one could move me up a day, but they require that you get there by 3:30p and since I had meetings in the morning and needed to stay put for the wifi, I could not leave early enough to make it. 

My reservation the second night was at a really fun place - a grown up summer camp that people pay to come to but you can come for one night FREE as part of Harvest Hosts. I was so looking forward to the socializing (wait, what is socializing?) and games and stuff. Alas, they open Thursday through the weekend, so me coming in a day early on a Wednesday was a no.

You know what else? The pie shop in Pie Town is closed on Tuesday.