After just getting home, It took me 48 hours exactly to get home from Gordyville, now I did stop for 4 hours to look at horses in Mo, and slept for 7 hours total on the trip. Nationals is 26 hours straight through with no sleeping, these are very long trips.
We drive 18 hours just to go to Oregon Gold. I for one would love to have the shows closer, I will still go regardless of where it is, really it is a National show and if I want to attend then I am going to drive!! It really gets tiresome hearing these poeple who have a 6 hour drive complain that they might have to drive 2 more hours.
I did vote for Gordyville at the convention given the other options. I think it is much harder than one thinks to figure out how to have a large show like this and have all the dates and facilities work together. I would be more than happy to drive to NE regardless of driving time if there was an AIR CONDITIONING GOD there. :new_shocked: