"even if it is 8 hours away."
To Loring from Taunton, Mass is 8 hours ? I think you can do better than that. Once you get into Maine, I-95 and I-295 are fast roads, the only slow ride is from Houlton North , mostly 50-ish. I've been averaging around 6 hrs from the Caribou Inn leaving early in the morning, to the NH border, another 3-4 hours home here, just North of NYC, pulling a trailer. And I'm wingless. Just be prepared, fuel-wise, there aren't a lot of service stations the last few hundred miles of I-95. AND, don't practice for LSR on that seemingly open long road, there are Troopers lurking.
Bob W