Three of my friends and I went on a shop hop here one year. We did the south shops one day and the north shops the second day. I think the whole trip was something like 500 miles. We had a total blast. I liked the fabric collection that year so I bought the blocks and my favorite finishing kit. Since then several of the shop owners have retired or sold out their store and there's one store that I won't spend another cent in so I don't go anymore. If I had the money to spend I'd go on the shop hop in the central part of the state though. They always have a really neat fabric printed specifically for the shop hop. But I'd have to spring for a motel room for that shop hop for at least one night since it's three hours from here to get to the first shop.