Day 31: Exit Plan and Culture Shock

Took a taxi from Peru, VT to Bennington, VT. As we stepped out of the van, saw our friend we met our first night, Johnny Walker, walking right past us! He had gotten off the trail for a few weeks and had just hopped back on! What a cooincidence! Chatted with him until Amy and Steve came to pick us up (thanks guys!). We had lunch with them and they took us to the train station in Poukeepsie, NY. We took the train to Grand Central Station. Walked through NYC with our packs, got some funny looks, or people just avoided eye contact with us...to Penn Station, where we took another train to Summit, NJ. Ellen picked us up there and took us to their house (where the deHavillands so kindly let me keep my car for a month) and we spent the night.