We had an extra day on our trip up to Indiana for my sisters wedding so we stopped by the Compton Trailhead in Arkansas.

We had a gift certificate for a hotel in Branson, MO that we needed to use so we planned to stay the night there after our hike.

This trail is also called the Hemmed-in Hollow Trail.

It is very strenuous.

Pretty much straight down for over two miles.

In fact my husband hurt his knees the last time we did this hike.

Since he has been doing so much better and has been doing distance running I thought he might enjoy taking it on again.

He and the boys decided we should run down.

Ouch.

We went down to the falls and river.

You can tell I was little tired from the running.

Thankfully they did not run the whole time or I would have been in trouble.

Hemmed-in Hollow.

The scale is just so overwhelming.

It is beautiful.

These boys are always happy to see a river.

I really enjoy the Buffalo River, it is just so beautiful.

What goes down…

Overall we were really sore(Nick and I at least, the boys did not even understand why they would be sore) but no injuries.

I would say we finally conquered this hike!

Although I would not mind being in a little better shape the next time so I do not feel like I am going to die going back up!

I think the total miles were around 6 since we went to the river also.

I have read that it is over 2000ft elevation change down and then of course back up again.

The boys did amazing on this hike!

They are really starting to push me!