“Ginga Ninja” waiting for the train at Harper’s Ferry.This is whe

“Ginga Ninja” waiting for the train at Harper’s Ferry.

This is where I ended my 2014 section.  I hadn’t intended to.  My plan was to hike to Vermont where I got off in 2012. 

I had developed some pain in my ankle, babied it, took lots of zeros in hostels all thru northern Virginia …  I had stayed several nights at Teahorse Hostel, and walked out of Harper’s Ferry on the ATC side trail to get back on the AT. As soon as I started down that rocky ridge overlooking the Shenandoah River, I knew I wasn’t going to Vermont. Not this year.

I limped down the trail back into town, The Amtrak station was right there. I took the train home …

The person pictured is not me, but the picture captured my mood.