Dripping Rock / Waynesboro 847.6

In the morning we got up early and moved to the next Shelter for water resupply (10 miles without a water source) and breakfast. During our excessive breakfast a fellow thru hiker named Hobbes joined us. After a bit of conversation he offered us all of his Poptarts because he was so sick of them. And he still had about 8 packs, now we have them :) Julia smiled all the way up the next mountain.
We changed our plans for Harper's Ferry and 4th of July a bit. Now we want to go to Washington DC just for the 4th and then back to Harper's Ferry and the trail. This seems like one of the best places to experience the independence day.
On the way to our today's Shelter we've met a man at an Outlook who offered to take us to the city. Even though we've initially planned to go to Waynesboro a day later we accepted his offer and drove in the back of his pickup. This offered us beautiful views over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Actually you usually have the nicer views from there instead of hiking the AT, which is kind of sad.

So we came to Waynesboro after a short stop at Swannanoa - an old mansion build fully of marble. In Waynesboro we just wanted to resupply and then head on. But it was already too late to catch a ride, so we decided to stay there.
The YMCA campgrounds were quite packed but worth it with showers, WiFi and even a hiker Pavillon with solar chargers.

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