If I can still make it, I plan on taking back roads the entire trip. @Tpoppa and I rolled that way for the majority of our miles and it was quite a good weekend. The ST3 is even better than the Multistrada, which was a gem of a bike. I can't wait to get out and put a solid 2500 mile weekend on it.
I trailered from Cleveland every trip I made to the Gap. Always wanted to ride but the time of year wasn't good for me to be able to take off more than 2 days at my work. Depending where you are at in Cleveland you can do 8 hours easy to the new place. Best I ever did was 8.5hrs with my 2500HD and had 2 bikes in the 6x12 enclosed and 1 in the bed driving through the night to avoid traffic. I also much preferred having a truck and trailer on the Dragon in the middle of the night
With this now being in Townsend this year I don't see any reason why you can't do it in 8 hours