Maine Off Roading

Just got back from Sunday River Maine. Hummer Happenings for our area had a nice weekend planned. We had 15 Hummers, 12 H2's and 3 H3's were present for an offroading day today. I was nervous about taking my rig off roading as I'm so anal about keeping it a clean machine. After talking to the guides and the previouse group that got done when we arrived I decided to give it a go. What the hell! Thats what these things are made for! Or at least do it once. Well it rained all night Saturday making for some wet, slippery and muddy conditiond today. The trails weren't extreme but were pretty challenging at least for the novice. We navigated down a river bed about 1 1/2 deep and entering & exiting steepp embankments. We ran down some muddy and very rocky declines. Crossed 3 rocky creeks which required some experienced spotters. The giudes were fantastic and knowledgeable. I was very concerned about doing damage or scratching up my rig. We hit the skid plates all day on the rocks which sounds a bit scarry when you've never heard it before. All said and done it was a success and I loved it. I only rubbed some paint off the passenger rocker tube. ( I give that a quick spray of flat black paint tommorrow and you'll hardly notice it.) Would I do it again..........maybe, I did really like it, but I'm so afraid of damaging my baby. But I'm glad i did it. I really got a respect for what these machines can do. WOW! I look at my ride a little differently now and am very proud of it. At least now its not just a mall queen and can say "sure we took her down the mountain". I wish I could buy another H2 just to take offroading and beat the hell out of!! Met some nice people and had a great time with my wife. She drove it for a bit too! I'll try and post a few pics tommorow.

That sounded like fun. I'm surprised how much alike we think. i also wished i had a second H2 just for off-roading! Am looking forward toward your pics.

i would also like to see the pics...let me know if you need help positng them!

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ok a few more. Unfortunately I didn't get any of my rig in action.
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Nice rig, Intercooled, I like the color. those are nice pics. I can't believe you made your H2 go through that! lol! I'm glad you had fun. maybe it'll be my turn soon. hehe!

Yeah, its been raining here ever since the trip. I'm looking forward to this weekend so I can wash her up and inspect everything for any scratches and such! ( Geez, I'm too anal!)

Can't say I blame you! By the way, how are you going to wash the muck from your undercarriage. Gonna do it yourself, or take it somewhere?

I'll do it myself. There really isn't much muck underneath. I looked around truck yesterday and everything looks good so far. its hard to tell because its been raining and shes dirty. Small wispy sticks and brush did rub against the sides all day long so I think there might be some small marks on the paint but nothing that I cant buff out. I did notice some dents on the bottom of my skid plates. But nothing visible with out looking underneath. I did scoff the black rocker panel tube. I'll have to touch that up but its not bad at all. I'll know better after I towel dry her and I SEE EVERYTHING!

Good luck on your next off-roading event! If it were me, I wouldn't be too sure to do it again! lol!! I guess I would need to go check it out first. Anyway, I'm glad everything turned out ok

Yeah, I'm not too sure either !

dude, that looked like fun. was that smile on your face before or after your trek? if it was me (you see it comin' already don't you), i'd leave the battle scars the way they are, at least on the rock slider (flat clear coat, stop the rust). but, i also haven't washed the bus in about 2 months, so you may have trouble leaving it that way. either way, nice to see you took it out and let it loose, i'm sure it's happier now.

great pictures! did you talk up hummerfourms

Hey, shortbus, where'd you been all this time. Did you go out on vacation?
lol!!

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dude, that looked like fun. was that smile on your face before or after your trek? if it was me (you see it comin' already don't you), i'd leave the battle scars the way they are, at least on the rock slider (flat clear coat, stop the rust). but, i also haven't washed the bus in about 2 months, so you may have trouble leaving it that way. either way, nice to see you took it out and let it loose, i'm sure it's happier now.

Its kinda funny, the battle scars on a Hummer dont look that bad as if they were on a Porche or Corvette. Its funny how even a dirtty scarred uo Hummer still looks good!

just spent the last 2 days in Seattle, didn't have time to visit. but i came home this morning to rain, and it's raining again. i'm so happy i could squirt.

my parents live in PA, and theyve been getting rain and snow for like 10 straight days now!

my sister still lives in pa, but haven't talked to her for a while, especially about the weather. i don't miss driving in the snow, and haven't had the bus out in it yet. it snowed over donner pass this week, so there may be a chance soon.

i went from PA that got snow, to detroit that gets lots of snow...

i skipped going to a snow area, i can drive to it if i want now, but don't have to own a shovel