By car, it is 9 hours from Boston to Richmond, VA.
At $2.50 a gallon/20 MPG, that's $150 in gas (round trip).
I'm thinking that years from now I'm going to wish I was there, and I'm not going to be able to explain to myself why I didn't make it happen.
ETA datapoint: JetBlue has round-trip airfare Boston to Richmond non-stop for $117.
If you can't make it, which is understandable, you can donate a seat on one of the buses to someone in VA that might not otherwise be able to make it.
They went from 9 buses last week to about 23 as of this morning.
Link below.
Virginia Citizens Defense League - Home
www.vcdl.org