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At night we encountered that the train was supposed to leave at 5 PM and not 5 AM like we were told. So we checked on other possibilities and learned that we should better check on things ourselves. There were no other options so we tried to get some sleep at the station which didn't work because the policemen checked like every hour if we had a valid ticket and at 5 they said that we were not allowed to lay down anymore...
With just that few hours of sleep we didn't get moving and had some lazy time around the station. Another episode in the #hoboorhiker game: I've been offered food twice and one man asked if I need a job for the day. Some people threw coins to Jon and homeless started bonding with us. On the train back to Harper's Ferry another thru hiker told us that thru hiking is just the preparation for becoming homeless.

We were glad when we came back to Harper's Ferry and then back on the trail even though it was just for a mile. We were both tired and I expected a shipment by Amazon that I could pick up the other day. After a quick dinner we felt asleep already around 8 to a light rain on our tent. The tent was directly at the Shenandoah River, beautiful spot but a bit dirty.Read more