The Dog House

The Dog House, in New Castle, Delaware.

Another Roadfood recommendation--not the pinnacle of Roadfood, but it was worth driving about 20 miles out of our way for. The mayo and American cheese liquifies into sauce on the cheesesteak, the footlong is covered in chili, and the fries were flavored with Old Bay seasoning.

It was one of the few places open between New York and DC at 10pm on a Sunday night.

Tarantulas

While we were viewing the Judd aluminum box installation, one of the guys on the tour pointed out this substantial spider keeping cool in the shadow of one of the boxes. The tour guide explained that it was tarantula season in Texas and that they were "on the move". That explained why the highway to Marfa was covered in crawling things I couldn't quite identify from the speeding car. We had another run-in with a tarantula while driving to New Mexico.




We pulled off to the side of Highway 17 to take in the scene when Melody spotted another tarantula hanging out on the shoulder. I walked over and snapped a picture. Soon after the spider begins to amble out onto the highway. There isn't a lot of traffic, but about every 30 seconds a car or truck goes flying by. We began to fear that our arachnid friend would get smashed right in front of our eyes. The spider took about five minutes to cross the highway. During that time there were about ten absurdly close calls where the spider nearly got smashed.



But he made it.

Christy's Donuts

Christy's Donuts, Fresno, CA.