I'm trailering down to the Tail of the Dragon this year and it's almost 1000 miles one way. We'll ride there for 3 days then head over to Somerset, PA. (Vmax Thunder event) (another 500 miles) and ride there for 3+ days then drive back home 800+ miles. That's a lot to do over 9 days but barring any issues it should be an epic 9 days, well at least the days we are riding our Vmax's will be anyways. We should be riding a total of 2000+ miles as well. Last year at Thunder I put on close to 1800 miles, if I remember correctly.
I've ridden to the 2011 Thunder event and that was epic. I hope you can make it to a Thunder event one day, it is a lot of fun and nice to see all the Vmax's and talk to their owners. Bringing along a great cook would be a big hit for sure as Dennis suggested!
That sounds like a helluva a fun 9 days to me! Hope you all have a great time and make even greater memories!