Traveling Twosome
  • Traveling Twosome Blog
  • BeBelize - Our life in Belize (2011-2013)
  • Earlier adventures (2003-2010)
    • First Belize Trip 2010
    • Fall Sail Cruise Aboard Logos 2009
    • Conch Key 2007
    • Charleston Sailing School 2007
    • Biscayne Bay Sailing School 2007
    • Key Lime Sailing Club 2006
    • Southwest Parks 2006
    • BEYC/Jost van Dyke, BVI 2005
    • Offshore Sailing School 2004
    • Annapolis Sailboat Show 2004
    • Finger Lakes 2004
    • NY State Bike Tour 2004
    • Biras Creek, BVI 2003
Picture
"Pearl" in Winter Garden, Florida
Picture
Long shadows in Wyoming

Pie Calling!  Visiting A Slice of Pie in Rolla, Missouri

6/28/2016

1 Comment

 
We've had A Slice of Pie on our bucket list ever since Barry read about it while researching things to do in the states surrounding Kansas City a few years ago when we were living in the KC area.  Somehow we never made it over.  But now we've finally been!  

Barry negotiated Pearl through the downtown streets of Rolla, Missouri and we found a level parking spot just up the street.  Perfect!  A few steps later, and the angels sang.  We were there at last!
Picture
 I learned from their website that this small business has been open for 27 years, makes all pies in-house, and that some pies weigh as much as 5 to 6 pounds.  That's a monster pie
Picture
Picture
And, as the website admits, these pies are not cheap.  But this was probably the only time we'll get to Rolla, so we felt it was money well spent.  After all, it's PIE.  

And let's face it:  As the sign says...
Picture
Barry was one happy camper.
Picture
Here's our haul.  We got four half-pies:  cherry-raspberry, strawberry rhubarb, Snickers, and Peanut Butter Twirl (frozen).  The small containers are chocolate and caramel sauce, to add insult to injury.
Picture
After all that fun, we made our way to Lane Spring Recreation Area in the Mark Twain National Forest, a few miles south of town.
Picture
The campground was mostly empty and absolutely gorgeous, with huge deciduous trees and tons of privacy.  Pearl settled right in to a lovely site for two nights, or so we thought.
Picture
Picture
Turns out, this beautiful place had the most mosquitoes we'd encountered at any campground to date.  We really couldn't sit outside, and it would not have been a good hiking spot this time of year.  Also, the road cycling in the area was not great as the park was situated off a somewhat busy highway.  We still had our colds and weren't feeling all that great either.

We decided to cut our losses and leave after just one night.   Fortunately we'd paid just $11/night with Barry's Senior Park pass.  Onward to Hermann!
Picture
Snickers pie with vanilla ice cream, caramel, and cinnamon!
1 Comment
Larry Amaro link
3/12/2022 01:16:38 pm

The campground was mostly empty and absolutely gorgeous, with huge deciduous trees and tons of privacy. Thank you, amazing post!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    ©2018 by Barry & Emily Smith .All rights reserved.
    Picture

    Emily & Barry

    We're a long-married, early-retired couple who are currently traveling as nomads with no fixed home base.  After years of living in North Carolina (Emily's home state), we spent 18 months living oceanfront on Ambergris Caye, Belize, a year road-tripping the US in a Honda CR-V, a year in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and are now roaming North America in our 32' motorhome, Pearl, following warm weather whenever possible.

    Our passions are bicycling, walking and hiking, birding, continuing our midlife struggles to learn Spanish, enjoying healthy food (and the occasional donuts & pie!), traveling (duh!)  We travel with a fleet of bicycles and Paisley, our 10-year old Boston Terrier. 

    Picture
    Paisley, May 2016
    Picture
    States visited (pre-RV)
    Picture
    Pearl, a 2007 Newmar Bay Star
    Picture
    States visited in "Pearl"

    Archives

    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    September 2012

    Favorite Travel Blogs

    Wheeling It
    Technomadia
    Travel with Kevin & Ruth
    San Pedro Scoop
    Metamorphosis Road
    Allison's Post-Work Thinking
    Life's a Beach!
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Traveling Twosome Blog
  • BeBelize - Our life in Belize (2011-2013)
  • Earlier adventures (2003-2010)
    • First Belize Trip 2010
    • Fall Sail Cruise Aboard Logos 2009
    • Conch Key 2007
    • Charleston Sailing School 2007
    • Biscayne Bay Sailing School 2007
    • Key Lime Sailing Club 2006
    • Southwest Parks 2006
    • BEYC/Jost van Dyke, BVI 2005
    • Offshore Sailing School 2004
    • Annapolis Sailboat Show 2004
    • Finger Lakes 2004
    • NY State Bike Tour 2004
    • Biras Creek, BVI 2003