Just be sure to know that the beautiful drive through the Ouchita Mountains is curvy and has some pretty steep sections. No problem, just recognize that is is driving through the mountains. We pull our 34' fifth-wheel without any difficulty.
Beaver's Bend is a nice state park. Just off the highway in Arkansas is Queen Wilhemena State Park. These are the only parks we have actually stayed in on this route.
In our neck of the woods (northeast Texas) there is Daingerfield State Park and two excellent COE Parks on Lake 'o the Pines. A bit further off the route is Tyler State Park--where we are staying at the moment. Lot's of private, commercial parks in this area.
I-49 from Ft. Smith to Fayeteville is a great drive. It has really changed the time between these two cities. We used to have to drive through the Boston Mountains on one of the curviest drives anywhere. Now you just zip up to Fayetteville.
