Cross Trails Hostel - Dahlgren Campground
***I didn't take any photos on 7/15/21, so these photos are from different dates***
I finally let Harpers Ferry - thank goodness! It is a legit miracle I got out of the vortex... I took my time leaving this morning, DQ and I left around 10am and it was a struggle to find the trail. We walked along an interstate, bushwhacked down the side of a bridge, only to realize the trail was on the other side of the CNO canal. So we had to road walk all the way back to Harpers where we were ALMOST vortexed again after we got smoothies, but realized we could hitch basically all the way to the shelter and that motivated us to keep going.
We road walked out of town for a couple of miles before we got picked up by a guy who took us a couple of miles to a trailhead (basically right next to the hostel - talk about full circle).
At this point, we were too committed to hitching so we stuck out our thumbs and contained road walking until farmer Cole picked us up and drove us a couple of miles from the gap. We just had to walk less than 2 miles after that, we made it to camp by 2pm.
Cajan, Scout Master, Fro, and Boston were all here so we just chilled. Rat King and Bug Bite stopped by to socialize for a bit, and DQ and I ordered pizza before watching a movie. By dinner, our whole crew pulled up, so it's tent city. Going to hike tomorrow, yay!
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