I guess it all depends on where you live. For me the total drive to go to Lawrenceburg and Kokomo is 343 miles round trip (6 hours 11 minutes).

The two tracks you talked about would be 622 miles round trip (9 hours 41 minutes). If I stayed in a hotel Saturday night my trip would still be 399 miles - over 50 miles more than Lawrenceburg/Kokomo. And I would have the cost of a hotel room to boot.