Go get her. I dated my now wife of 42 years for 6 months and then dumped her badly the week before Valentine’s Day because I realized I actually cared about her, really cared about her. At that point in life I was not the least bit interested in caring about the girls I dated, they were for fun. Anyway for two years I did not meet a girl that even peaked my interest and the last year of it I did it even date because it became clear how bad I screwed up with her. Nobody else compared and I was around a lot of very eligible females at the time. Anyway through the most unlikely set of circumstances you can imagine after 2 years of no contact we were put in very close contact for a Christmas holiday. The first couple of days we kinda circled each other but two nights before Christmas we found ourselves alone on a couch after everyone else had gone to bed and as they say, the rest is history. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. If she has been on your mind that long she might be “the one”.Mine sure was.
You should sue Hallmark for stealing the rights to your movie script.
For the OP, go do the dang thing man. Worst case scenario you get to go see the best part of the US. I love the south, heck I love the place I live in the sticks of SC. But it’s a different place out west. You need to at least go see it. If it pans out and you guys live happily ever after then that is awesome. If not you’ll never regret the travels there and back.