And I'm totally with you about rationalizing how long it will take to get there; in this case I thought it was six hours but it's only 4! (the troy one is 3 for me) and I have both of those nights off so I'm super excited!
I'm sooo jealous of you all! I live in Colorado, and V seems to stay outside a 20 hour radius from where I am. She's only come here twice, in 2002 (when I didn't know much about her, and would've been too young anyway) and in 2007, but it with other musicians and 18+.
I just need to get my act together and fly somewhere!
I hope you guys get to go and have fun!