June 27, 2009 - Aberdeen, MD to Allentown, PA

We visited Jason (the one we met up with in Atlanta, not any of the guys from our Jason music day) and family in MD. Thanks for the place to crash Friday night.

This is Jacob. Hey Jacob! Mom always said, don't play ball in the house!


Jacob and Olivia are looking fierce.


They like the tops of heads too!


A better venue for baseball than the living room!


Olivia is at gymnastics.


Now she's posing.


Todd, Stephanie, Olivia, Jason, Jacob and Holly


On the road agin! This is the only thing stillers' fans and Stephanie can agree on - we all hate the ravens!


Camden Yards. No stopping!


We must go see Antje, Stephanie's friend from college! She's with children (twins)! Stephanie wants to name them Rum and Coke.


Antje, Wayne, Quindin, Todd, Stephanie


Only 2 states away now!


We first must stop to see the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs. Oink!


The Lehigh Valley Ironpigs (triple A for the Phillies) are playing the Norfolk Tides (triple A for the Baltimore Orioles) at Coca-Cola Park.


This is the good luck pig. He collects donations for charity and then the donor rubs his nose for good luck. Everybody wins!


The field




Pretty sky!


The bullpens. I mean PIG PENS!




I know Ellis, Jason's son...he's the son of one of our music choices on Jason Day (after Atlanta). Well, Jason Ellison, Ellis Jason's son, it's all in the same ballpark!


PORK. Always a grand slam.


Fe-Fe (pronounced "Fifi.") Remember, these are Iron Pigs.


Today is a food drive.


Piglet Race!


Stephanie just loves the selection of mustards!


M-O-O-N again!


Fe-Fe and Stephanie...
Stephanie's the one pigging out on ice cream!


What she said


OINK! OINK! OINK!


Ironpigs win!


The roasted corn is seriously worth another trip down there. And it's almost healthy!




It was fireworks night!


With distortion glasses...


Ooh! Aah!


We arrived back in NYC in the early morning hours, completing the road portion of the trip. This year's adventure tipped the scales at just over 3,000 miles.


So we celebrated with a quick stop at one of our favorite local watering holes.


Charity of the day - Feeding America food bank. http://feedingamerica.org
We are keeping with what the Ironpigs suggested. It's food drive day and no one should go hungry.

Music of the day - A day of terror as we near the end of our roadtrip. These bands are undergoing or recently underwent changes.
- Voodoo Terror Tribe (have a new singer) - www.myspace.com/voodooterrortribe
- Sisterblind (formerly fronted by Paul Terror) - www.myspace.com/sisterblind
- The Trakes (sent back from the future to save the music world from terror) - www.myspace.com/thetrakes
- Face Down Dead (a terrifying thought and Stephanie just really likes them) - www.myspace.com/facedowndead