Pie Town

In western New Mexico, a few miles west of where US Highway 60 crosses the continental divide, I had a vision -- a sign. This sign came n the form of a giant bird-like creature, and it demanded I stop for pie.







This sign stands in a town that appears to be miles from nowhere -- a town named Pie Town.

I stopped at Pie-O-Neer. It turns out that the find folks in Pie Town, New Mexico, have been serving up pie to travelers for nearly 100 years.

Try the blueberry.  

Our bellies filled with pie, we happily resumed our journey east.

Route 60

The Light of Day

A little over an hour east of our home in Gilbert, Arizona, is the copper mining town of Globe. As we entered Globe, I got off the highway and drove through downtown Globe in search of breakfast.

I noticed a cafe, La Luz Del Dia, with lots of cars parked in front of it. We too parked.

La Luz Del Dia is a tiny cafe staffed by friendly people who serve up awesome breakfast burritos for cheap. 

Our waitress and the guy at the next table recommended we check out a local store called The Pickle Barrel Trading Post. First, we wandered around downtown Globe.

After a bit of wandering around Globe, we got back into the car and headed out in search of the Pickle Barrel Trading Post. As I pulled into the parking lot, I was happy to see that the facilities were easily accessible.

The outside of the Pickle Barrel Trading Post is filled with metal art.  If it weren't for the need to haul any giant metal creature purchase around the country over the next couple months, I might have bought something. We'll have to revisit this place after we're back home.

Having failed to find any pickles at the trading post, we resumed our often-slow drive through the mountains.

World's Tallest 3 Story Building

The tallest 3 story building in the world? Did they visit and measure all the others?  

I wonder if there are any 2 story buildings taller than this 3 story building.

We're running away from home

Has Sophia fully bought into Ben's crazy plan?

Rather than take a contiguous week or two off work for a vacation this summer, I am launching an experiment in extreme telecommuting.

I am taking my work as remote telecommuting employee on the road -- transforming work from home into work from wherever.

Sophia and I are running away from home. We're going on a road trip that will likely last the rest of the summer.

We're starting out with the long Independence Day weekend made a little longer with a couple vacation days. After that, we'll explore the country and I'll work from wherever.

In making the journey more important than the destination, we've set some guidelines:

Our Roadtripping Rules

1. No whining
2. Avoid Interstate highways
3. Avoid chain restaurants
4. Stop, see, and do stuff along the way
5. Work as if I weren't traveling, at least 4 days a week (I'm taking vacation one day a week.)
6. Practice just-in-time planning. 
7. Adapt the journey based on what we learn as we go
8. Enjoy life 
9. Don't run out of money before we get back home :)

We'll be sharing our journey at Roadtripping.OutOfOffice.us.

Also posted at http://www.outofoffice.us/2015/07/running-away-from-home.html .