Hey Now   His Hankness

Spent the weekend in Pie Town, NM, where every September the locals host the Pie Town Pie Festival. My guess is the festival draws about twice the entire population of Catron County for games, food, music, horse shoe throwing, the usual arts and crafts, and a lot of bikers. The town’s isolation and rural character were well documented by the photographer Russell Lee in the 1940’s, and the Lightning Field brings in arty, eccentric types from more civilized parts. But forget art. We hauled H on the 3+ hour trip for one thing: serious, no holds barred, homemade pie bakin’ and eatin’. New Mexico Tech brought in a team that pretty much dominated the pie eating contest, and the Horned Toad Race was a hoot. This year’s pie cult had an entry called “Gardenia berry”, a mysterious sounding pie that didn’t make it past the judge’s final cut. No prickly pear pies like last year, though. Also met a guy whose son was undercover in the DEA and had to retire early in Las Cruces when his cover got blown. That was sort of interesting. Had good enchiladas at the Daily Pie and took home some growlers from Socorro Springs brewery.

Anyways, i tacked up some more photos in the Summer 2008 Gallery, so take a look at Hank destroying a piece of pumpkin pie, monkeying around, and holding up a stage coach.