I haven't been on a shop hop in about 10-12 years. What I liked about it was I got to visit quilt shops that I normally would not have gone too because of the distance. I found it very interesting that each shop had different fabrics and patterns. Granted some of it was the same but a lot was different.
On that particular trip, I drove. The shops were spread out all over and in many cases it took 2 hours or more to get from one town to another. I didn't make it to all the stores that were listed. I found it very disappointing when we got to a shop and it was a sewing machine dealer who happened to have some bolts of fabric. It wasted time that I could have used to drive some place else.
But overall my daughters and I did have a good time. Over the last few years I've noticed that a group will hire a bus to drive them to the different stores. That's the way to go as far as I'm concerned because if you get tired, you can take a nap in between towns.