Joining Universal Co-Masonry?

So....I'm a newbie. I looked into Blue Lodge masonry, but I can't get past not allowing women, among other things. So I'm looking at UCM, but my concern is.....I'm nowhere close to a local lodge. I'm literally a state away in any direction.

Should I even try? Is there, I dunno, distance learning? I know according to the Blue Lodge/UGLE, UCM is clandestine, but surely a local lodge shouldn't be this hard to find in the US, right?