Thank you! Yes, I have considered Kogelnik, Bateman and Chia for doctors within about 20 hours drive. Obviously, KDM or Peterson would be great, but I'm not holding out hope.
Good luck! FWIW, I've actually found the air travel (although difficult in its own way) to see my current, more distant, specialist causes me less problems than the long car trip to my previous (less distant) specialist. It's probably because the in-transit time is much less.
That might not be true if I weren't traveling with my husband who takes care of everything.
I do the whole thing in a wheelchair to avoid overexerting and PEMing myself. I've even been known to put on sunglasses and headphones, close my eyes and act like luggage.
It keeps the stimulus and stress to a minimum. The whole thing is over in a few hours. Riding in a car for hours and hours and hours was much worse.
ETA: Someone mentioned in a post yesterday that she has a CFS/FMS/Lyme doctor in WA or OR (I'm pretty sure), that she really liked. He's not one of the top docs, but seems reasonable. He encouraged this person to see KDM in Reno, so he seems to know the field. This patient seemed much happier with this local doc than with KDM.
That might be a closer doc worth looking into. If I find the thread again, I'll come back here and link it.