451. Andy Armadillo
Waiting to be found hanging out in his "hideout" off the road between Fall River and Cape Cod

One of our favorite memories from the inter-holiday period between Christmas and New Year's Eve 2011 was meeting up with the Doubtful Guests "on the fly" between their home in VA and a visit on Cape Cod in MA. We figured that this might be a fun time to find some music in the woods, catch the "Flying Dude" and then hit a nearby roadhouse for some country western-style "dude entertainment".

Ever since A-Bear and J-Bear had introduced us to this restaurant chain out near Star, Idaho over half a dozen years ago, we'd always been happy to find it sporadically elsewhere in our travels. It finally made its way out to the northeast a couple of years ago, and this particular one we find quite convenient since it's less than a mile south of exit 12 off route 195 on our way out towards the Cape.

Anyway, we all had an enjoyable dinner of country fried chicken, ribs, roadkill and such at this roadhouse named after the state that is said to have a ranch bigger than our entire little home state! While finishing up, I dug a tiny little Christmas eraser out of my pack, sketched an Andy armadillo face under the Santa hat, sort of like the wide-grinned, be-hatted one pictured on the Christmas gift card, and Scarab carved it right on the spot!

So, to find this little fellow, simply go out to the back parking lot and head in the direction that this restaurant chain had to go in order to reach our part of the country. Find the light post closest to that part of the parking lot, suitably surrounded by holly bushes to represent the season, lift up the "shell" and look on the western side!!!

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