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- Making the North Sylamore Creek Trail great again!
- A Caney Creek Wilderness traverse, completed
- Cossatot River State Park, #2
- A Caney Creek Wilderness (almost) traverse
- Ozarks Keystone Trail, recon 4
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Tag Archives: News
Late spring update
Contrary to appearances I have not vanished. In the 7 weeks since finishing my section hike of the Ouachita Trail I just haven’t done any one thing that seemed to deserve a blog post. The first 5 of those weeks … Continue reading
Almost
I’ve been a resident of Russellville Ark for about a week now and it’s beginning to feel like home. Most of my stuff is still in Fort Smith but should be moved in the coming week. It will be nice … Continue reading
Moving again!
Things have been pretty quiet around here lately but I haven’t fallen off a cliff or gotten lost in the woods. Instead, I am buying a house in Russellville Ark. I expect to close in 2 weeks and move about … Continue reading
Blog news
I changed the name of my blog a couple months ago to The Compulsive Hiker and today I’ve taken the next step toward coolness and registered my own domain name: CompulsiveHiker.com. MichaelR42.wordpress.com should continue to work for the blog and … Continue reading
New beginnings
Today is my first day as a full-time resident of Fort Smith. I arrived yesterday evening and the movers should deliver my stuff tomorrow. I stayed up until after midnight setting up my computer gear so I could work today … Continue reading
Status update
The blog will probably be pretty quiet this summer. Since signing the lease Memorial Day weekend I’ve spent parts of two more weekends at my apartment in Fort Smith. It’s now equipped with the necessities so I could live and … Continue reading
An Arkie to be – a Memorial Day road trip
I’ve thought about it and talked about it for a year or so and have recently decided it’s now or never – I’m moving to Arkansas. I kept thinking Harrison would be a nice central location but once I started … Continue reading

