The Stills Day 6, Philadelphia, PA

Ok. It's official. I hate RV's. For the third day in a row, we were totally pooched because of size and propane. We were rerouted in NYC, right before we got to the GW bridge, which would've been home free driving to Philly, and we got stuck crawling along the BQE. It took us 8 hours to do 30 miles!!!!! Easily the worst traffic I've ever driven in. This is becoming a daily headache of insane proportions. Things should be a bit better once we get out of the northeast, but this is really getting painful.

Anyways... We got to Philly 7 hours late, after doors were opened, so we rushed in and set up as fast as possible. Tom n Jerry's is kind of a surreal place. It's like a Hooters restaurant, so, in other words, no place for a rock show. The lights were bright, the tv's stayed on so people could watch baseball, there were red, yellow and green jalapeno pepper lights hanging from the ceiling, etc... just plain weird. No one really knew what was going on, maybe 6 people had heard of the band, and we got out as fast as possible after the show.

We had to drive to Aberdeen, MD, after, and on the way we found a late night diner to eat at. We needed the stop because we didn't have a chance to stop for food all day. It was a total 50's style roadside diner, jukeboxes as every table and even the token local at the bar singing along to every song, and he even had light sticks and was "dancing" in his seat. We picked some classics, like Piano Man, Bad Moon Rising, When You Wish Upon A Star, The Bear Necessities..., it was a good time. After our quick meal, it was back in the @#%?% RV and we made our way to the Super 8 in Aberdeen, which was a fair step up from the disaster in West Haven, so we were actually able to sleep...