Is it normal if i'm debating to go see him?

I haven't been able to see my dude, the guy I've been seeing for almost a year because we live 2 hrs away and we both have been pretty busy. When I moved, I thought I wasn't ever going to see him again but then he pretty much shocked me and made the effort to come me. Considering the past and considering how he can be careless/confusing sometimes, I thought I would be the one ending up making the effort to go see him because for him to do that, it would be everything I wanted. But he did and we had a great weekend. So now I feel its only fair for me to go see him this time but pple including my mom keeps telling me make him come to me because hes the one who needs to prove himself. And that is true and its been making me question whether my initial feeling of going to go see him is the right thing to do. I don't want to drive all the way over there just to have a bad weekend. He makes things so confusing sometimes. His mixed signals include: he'll leave me hanging for a whole day, he kind of hides me like he won't show it online, or in person he sometimes acts indifferent like he doesn't want anyone to know we have a thing but he claims it's just his personality to not show a lot, and more. All these things play into my decision of whether its worth it to go see him or have him come see me one more time and see how much he really cares. But I'm afraid he's gonna think Im the one who doesn't care or I'm inconsiderate making him come to me when really I wanna go to him because it's fair and because I just want to. He did make the effort to come all the way here and see me and made plans but then again was it out of desperation? He doesn't have me, or his best friend around anymore and the rest of his friends he just wasn't close to. He would always be with his best friend and they would do everything together. So is he just lonely now? But out of all his friends right now, he prefers to be with me. These factors have cut it in half and now I'm torn on whats the right thing to do.