Bring the Drone and get your paperwork in order. You will have a great time here! NOW, as far as getting your shot.... You May have a few hoops to jump there, But if you don't get that shot you will have MANY opportunities
for others.
One other missing point is the legal requirement to now transmit RID. The age of your drone suggests that it is noncompliant, possibly without any FW update to make it compliant. If no FW update enabling RID is available, you'll also need to...
I would highly recommend that you leave your drone at home, given your fears, inexperience, concerns, and the anti-drone sentiment in the U.S., which has only gotten worse with the highly publicized use of weaponized consumer drones in the war in...