Planning a 1-night shakedown trip on Eagle Rock Loop in western Arkansas mid-November (3 weeks out). What would be the best starting point trailhead/direction for maybe 5-7 miles out and back to optimize the experience? I'm an experienced backpacker, but long out of practice; my hiking partner this trip is an experienced outdoorsman but not an experienced backpacker, so it will be sort of new territory for him. Thoughts, advice, tips?