Monday Night July 20, 2009

It?s about 9:30 PM and we just settled into our camp for tonight in Maryland. We are on a river in a state park but the name of the campground escapes me. I am proud of my back up job though; got it right on the first attempt even in darkness. Alec used her phone as a guiding light.

One problem with this spot though, bugs! We?ve already encountered several spiders and Alec just accidently stepped on a very large but now dead beetle. There is also some sort of long winged moth type critter fluttering about my ears but I can?t convince it to go out the door without inviting in a new host of friends to take his place. We will live with the one.

So even though we feel a little misplaced since we left Oceanport New Jersey and Warped Tour it was nice to have a relaxing break. Rather than aiming for Washington DC as originally planned we decided instead to tour through Delaware on the Atlantic Ocean side. We landed in Bethany Beach about 2:00 and spent a nice hour enjoying the warm water and wild surf. Good people watching too but it seemed odd that no one had any tattoos or piercings. The life guards gave us some tips on scenic drives towards Virginia Beach and a gal in the bookstore offered her best ideas for inexpensive places to eat some seafood. We ignored all of it.

But we did have a nice dinner in Ocean City, Maryland called Phillips Seafood House. It was a huge family buffet style restaurant located in some old brick house. The snow crab was the main act; Lizzi went back at least 4 times for more. We also had some excellent steamed muscles maybe 80-100 of them between the three of us. I had a hushpuppy; they always sound better than they taste and I even treated myself to a beer. First one of the entire trip! It was a house special, Phillips Pale Ale. Tasty; wish I had another one now.

According to the biker eating an ice cream cone in the camp store we are still about 2 hours from Virginia Beach. He also told me about a scenic route to take that offers several under water tunnels and over water bridges along the way, but truthfully I was paying far more attention to his seductive southern drawl than his words.

So despite the fact that we regret not heading up to Boston for the Tuesday night show due to the long drive back between Boston and Virginia City, we had a nice day just the three of us with no bass line. We did discover via Pat the drummer of The Maine that all the Warped people are at the Green Day concert in Boston tonight. GRRRRRR. Even our new friend Brandon the My Space Videographer is there; he texted us about it. So we are feeling a bit left out of the fun.

If you want go to My Space and on the home page you should find 2 videos on Warped Tour both of which were created by Brandon. One shows an interview with Jeffrey Starr doing a breathing treatment. Alec and Liz already plan to interview Jeffrey though he is extremely moody and intimidating. Lizzi says Jeffrey is like a Yield Sign; you always stay clear and let him proceed. In fact, the other day we were driving in and he was walking his pocket dog. It was unclear whether or not he intended to cross or walk alongside the road. The girls freaked out when I considered moving forward in case Jeffrey crossed our path so I had to stop and politely wait for him NOT to cross the street. Jeffrey is the Queen Bee of Warped Tour.

Since we have electricity tonight we are taking advantage of every watt. I brought a power strip with me and I believe there are 5 things currently plugged in charging. I wonder what my dad would think about this new fangled camping with cell phones, computers, the therapy vest and nebulizers. Too bad one can?t plug in a toe and get re-charged. Sure would have come in handy for the long driving legs.

Last night the computer battery baled on me in the middle of my blog so I don?t really know where I left off, but leaving the venue early to attend a The Academy Is concert that didn?t exist was upsetting. Alec felt bad, no Academy Is, Lizzi felt bad, she missed All Time Low?s first performance at Warped Tour and I felt bad because I am sure that last night?s BBQ was probably really energetic since today was everyone?s day off. Then again maybe not since Sunday was considered the Day Of Rest according to Kevin Lyman who planned to watch Nascar and get a massage. Nice lifestyle if you ask me.

When I was in Kevin?s bus working on my lap top I couldn?t help but notice his healthy collection of red wines. I suspect that he has good taste in more things than music. I think I also mentioned that he is an avid fisherman too; he had several fishing poles propped up near the wine bar. Wouldn?t it be cool if he and Lizzi went off fishing one day? It could happen, you never know!

Well, I think its time for bed. Another full night sleep so better take advantage of it while I can.

Tomorrow we will continue on to Virginia Beach, see some sights and scope out the venue for Wednesday night. Though I feel sad about missing the Boston show Alec pointed out that there are still 18 more between now and Salt Lake City where we disembark from the Warped train.

Nighty Night,

MLH

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