It was really windy overnight. At one point,  around 3am, the wind rocked the hammock so hard,  it woke me up.

I got an early start and planned to stop at a wayside a couple miles away to eat breakfast on a picnic table and use a real bathroom

However,  when I got there,  everything was locked. I was just getting ready to leave, when a car pulled up. It was Peacewalker! She was still healing from her shin splints and was doing trail magic with Natural, who worked at a hostel.

They brought a Coleman stove, a cooler of drinks and food! The Natural cooked sausages and made coffee for breakfast.

I hung out with them for a while before heading back out.

Soon after leaving,  it became very overcast and fog rolled in.

I stopped at a shelter for a quick break and find a Sprite.  It was no bottle of Rum or beer, but still a nice surprise.

I finally worked my way to the end of the Shenandoah National Park. It was as anticlimactic as the end off the Smokies. Just a drop box for Southbound hikers to put their passes in.

The last couple miles to the hostel I was going to, were pretty uneventful.

I walked alongside a wooden foot path that must have been made for wetter weather.

I made it to the Mountain Home hostel in Front Royal around 4pm. It was run by a very friendly couple, Scott and Lisa.

$28 got me a bed, shower, laundry,  shuttle to town and a hot breakfast in the morning.

I had a good meal in town and resupplied at the grocery store.

Last resupply in Virginia!