Selected for the Arkansas Gems List of the 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival
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Thru Hike patch earned for hiking the first 165-miles of the OHT in Jan. of 2014. We did the 180-miles to end at Tyler Bend.
Completed the John Muir Trail in the summer of 2016
Completed the 223-mile Ouachita Trail – Sadly, they don’t have a patch….
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