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Sorry it took so long for me to post a recap of this event.
We had ~50 Hummers at the event (of those we had 5 H2s, 1H3 and 1 H3T). The whole weekend was busy for me since I was helping my dad with the show; so unfortunately I was able to only take 24 pictures myself but I will be sharing some pics that my Mom, Franco (and or his wife) and a friend of Garrett (Predator Inc Sales Rep) took.
On Friday morning I met up with a group of H1s in Burbank. We had 12 or 13 (including Bill Wu's Humvee which was being towed up there). We waited for one member who was running late, and then took off for Pismo. I was later told one member of the caravan had battery issues from what I was told, he and one other member stayed behind to help. I went with the rest of the convoy, we ended up taking the 5 North to the 126 to avoid the 101 traffic on both sides of the 405. along the 126 we stopped at a gas station so that one member could fill up his Gasser H1 (it was a 95 with only a 25 gallon fuel tank, 96+ got an auxilliary 17.5 gallon fuel tank at the cost of a slightly lessened ground clearance now that there is a fuel tank and the hitch support being lowered). after a nice intermission (probably a half hour, possibly more ) at the gas station we continued on Pismo. Not long after we connected to the 101 near Ventura we spotted the H1s that stayed behind in Burbank waiting on the side of the highway. One joined our caravan and the other went at his pace (~55MPH, he was towing a side by side in a M101A3; whereas we were going about 65MPH on average).
I pulled into the rest stop at the bottom of the Gaviota Pass (about 10 miles before Buellton) where I took a break since i was getting sleepy (I worked 6PM thursday till 6AM Friday; so I was close to being awake 24 hours straight at this point). I stretched, walked a bit, used the facilities and took the time to put the fuel in my jerry can into my fuel tank since my fuel gauge was reading 1/4 tank (I always fuel up at 1/4 tank but the most I have ever put in is 12 gallons when it reads 1/4 tank. So I was probably only at half, But I wanted the peace of mind knowing I had extra fuel in the tank). After about a half hour rest I got back onto the highway, about 15-20 minutes down the road I see two of the convoy on the side of the freeway, I slow down and get off the next exit where I see most of the convoy parked on the shoulder of the off ramp. I was starting to feel bad, hoping they weren't waiting for me since I do not have a CB yet to notify them why I had stopped at the rest stop. But then I notice there is a turnout about a football field away from me where there are a few H1s. I am notified that the Gasser H1 had started to leak trans fluid. So they decided to take Bill's Humvee off the flatbed trailer and to tow the Gasser the rest of the 40 or so miles to Pismo for safety. the caravan waited for the swap to happen. But when the Duramax Silverado went to make a U-turn it stopped mid turn, now the Silverado itself was on the shoulder but the trailer was blocking the Northbound lane and part of the Southbound lane. So Franco with his Cummins 92 pulled the Silverado and H1 laden trailer onto the rest of the shoulder. I wouldn't find out until later that the Silverado had run out of Diesel fuel (attributed to the very aggressive custom tune not designed for towing so any increase in throttle left a cloud of black smoke coming out of the exhaust while towing). Franco then used the fuel in his Jerry Cans top fuel up the Silverado. From there we continued on to Pismo. We then met my dad just outside the first entrance to the dunes, those staying in hotels opted to go to the hotels and those camping in the dunes followed my dad to the campsite.
After getting them settled I ran errands with my family for the car show next day, unfortunately the 3PM dune run didn't happen. We did go out and do a sunset run. A few of us got stuck, with myself getting stuck so bad in the sand that it took about hour to get myself out of the dunes (I would later find out I had only aired down to 30psi when I thought I was around 20psi) with help of two trucks at a time (total of four helped but at most two at a time). I even recovered a truck not long after I was recovered. We took so long recovering trucks that sunset had passed when we had planned to light a candle in remembrance of Operation Red Wings when 11 Navy SEALs and 8 Army Nightstalkers lost their lives. Well stopped on top of a dune, lit the candle and cracked open some beers in remembrance. Then my family went back to my dad's place to prepare and get some rest before the show the next day.
Next day started bright and early in preparation for the show. from 7AM till about 4PM I was either so tired or doing something for the show that I didn't even take any pics of the trucks at the show. Well I think we had 50+ Hummers but I am not sure. Kyle came to the show but didn't stay. Mr Rich was the only H3 that stayed the length of the show and we had about 5 H2s (four of which had lifts and were more than likely street queens). After the giving out of the trophies for the show, everybody started leaving, it probably didnt help that it had been like 90 degrees at the show which is incredibly weird since the show was like a block or two from the ocean. at around 7PM we had dinner as a group of about 40 or 50 of us at a steakhouse. that was a really fun time and some of us didn't leave until almost 11 PM or so. Well most people were too tired to have a bonfire after the dinner that the campers had a 'party' on the dunes from what I was told.
Sunday morning around 9:30 we met up as a group and went out into the dunes but unfortunately for the group photo there was only 12-15 of us. After the morning dune trip, most people started the journey and or do their own thing with their family, while a few hung out on the beach. and that was pretty much the end of the meet. it was pretty hectic myself but it was nice seeing everyone else having a good time with other Hummer owners!
Sorry that the pictures are out of order!
White Open Top with sunset
taken by Franco or his Wife
Lifted Red H1 Wagon in the dunes
taken by Predator Inc
Hummers in the dunes
taken by Predator Inc
My Dad's Rat Rod Hummer
taken by Predator Inc
Bill Wu's highly modified Humvee with Garrett of Predator Inc driving
taken by Predator Inc
Some of the Hummers at the Show
Taken by Predator Inc
Some more of the Hummers at the show
Taken by Predator Inc
Franco's 6BT Cummins conversion Tan 92 Slantback and his Duramax conversion 2002 Tenth Anniversary (1 of 65; all came from factory painted Desert Sunset)
taken by Predator Inc
Santa Maria Police Department DARE Humvee
taken by Predator Inc
Franco's 92 Slantback and my Dad's Open Top during the middle of recovery of my Wagon
taken by Predator Inc
More pics to come!
We had ~50 Hummers at the event (of those we had 5 H2s, 1H3 and 1 H3T). The whole weekend was busy for me since I was helping my dad with the show; so unfortunately I was able to only take 24 pictures myself but I will be sharing some pics that my Mom, Franco (and or his wife) and a friend of Garrett (Predator Inc Sales Rep) took.
On Friday morning I met up with a group of H1s in Burbank. We had 12 or 13 (including Bill Wu's Humvee which was being towed up there). We waited for one member who was running late, and then took off for Pismo. I was later told one member of the caravan had battery issues from what I was told, he and one other member stayed behind to help. I went with the rest of the convoy, we ended up taking the 5 North to the 126 to avoid the 101 traffic on both sides of the 405. along the 126 we stopped at a gas station so that one member could fill up his Gasser H1 (it was a 95 with only a 25 gallon fuel tank, 96+ got an auxilliary 17.5 gallon fuel tank at the cost of a slightly lessened ground clearance now that there is a fuel tank and the hitch support being lowered). after a nice intermission (probably a half hour, possibly more ) at the gas station we continued on Pismo. Not long after we connected to the 101 near Ventura we spotted the H1s that stayed behind in Burbank waiting on the side of the highway. One joined our caravan and the other went at his pace (~55MPH, he was towing a side by side in a M101A3; whereas we were going about 65MPH on average).
I pulled into the rest stop at the bottom of the Gaviota Pass (about 10 miles before Buellton) where I took a break since i was getting sleepy (I worked 6PM thursday till 6AM Friday; so I was close to being awake 24 hours straight at this point). I stretched, walked a bit, used the facilities and took the time to put the fuel in my jerry can into my fuel tank since my fuel gauge was reading 1/4 tank (I always fuel up at 1/4 tank but the most I have ever put in is 12 gallons when it reads 1/4 tank. So I was probably only at half, But I wanted the peace of mind knowing I had extra fuel in the tank). After about a half hour rest I got back onto the highway, about 15-20 minutes down the road I see two of the convoy on the side of the freeway, I slow down and get off the next exit where I see most of the convoy parked on the shoulder of the off ramp. I was starting to feel bad, hoping they weren't waiting for me since I do not have a CB yet to notify them why I had stopped at the rest stop. But then I notice there is a turnout about a football field away from me where there are a few H1s. I am notified that the Gasser H1 had started to leak trans fluid. So they decided to take Bill's Humvee off the flatbed trailer and to tow the Gasser the rest of the 40 or so miles to Pismo for safety. the caravan waited for the swap to happen. But when the Duramax Silverado went to make a U-turn it stopped mid turn, now the Silverado itself was on the shoulder but the trailer was blocking the Northbound lane and part of the Southbound lane. So Franco with his Cummins 92 pulled the Silverado and H1 laden trailer onto the rest of the shoulder. I wouldn't find out until later that the Silverado had run out of Diesel fuel (attributed to the very aggressive custom tune not designed for towing so any increase in throttle left a cloud of black smoke coming out of the exhaust while towing). Franco then used the fuel in his Jerry Cans top fuel up the Silverado. From there we continued on to Pismo. We then met my dad just outside the first entrance to the dunes, those staying in hotels opted to go to the hotels and those camping in the dunes followed my dad to the campsite.
After getting them settled I ran errands with my family for the car show next day, unfortunately the 3PM dune run didn't happen. We did go out and do a sunset run. A few of us got stuck, with myself getting stuck so bad in the sand that it took about hour to get myself out of the dunes (I would later find out I had only aired down to 30psi when I thought I was around 20psi) with help of two trucks at a time (total of four helped but at most two at a time). I even recovered a truck not long after I was recovered. We took so long recovering trucks that sunset had passed when we had planned to light a candle in remembrance of Operation Red Wings when 11 Navy SEALs and 8 Army Nightstalkers lost their lives. Well stopped on top of a dune, lit the candle and cracked open some beers in remembrance. Then my family went back to my dad's place to prepare and get some rest before the show the next day.
Next day started bright and early in preparation for the show. from 7AM till about 4PM I was either so tired or doing something for the show that I didn't even take any pics of the trucks at the show. Well I think we had 50+ Hummers but I am not sure. Kyle came to the show but didn't stay. Mr Rich was the only H3 that stayed the length of the show and we had about 5 H2s (four of which had lifts and were more than likely street queens). After the giving out of the trophies for the show, everybody started leaving, it probably didnt help that it had been like 90 degrees at the show which is incredibly weird since the show was like a block or two from the ocean. at around 7PM we had dinner as a group of about 40 or 50 of us at a steakhouse. that was a really fun time and some of us didn't leave until almost 11 PM or so. Well most people were too tired to have a bonfire after the dinner that the campers had a 'party' on the dunes from what I was told.
Sunday morning around 9:30 we met up as a group and went out into the dunes but unfortunately for the group photo there was only 12-15 of us. After the morning dune trip, most people started the journey and or do their own thing with their family, while a few hung out on the beach. and that was pretty much the end of the meet. it was pretty hectic myself but it was nice seeing everyone else having a good time with other Hummer owners!
Sorry that the pictures are out of order!
White Open Top with sunset
taken by Franco or his Wife
Lifted Red H1 Wagon in the dunes
taken by Predator Inc
Hummers in the dunes
taken by Predator Inc
My Dad's Rat Rod Hummer
taken by Predator Inc
Bill Wu's highly modified Humvee with Garrett of Predator Inc driving
taken by Predator Inc
Some of the Hummers at the Show
Taken by Predator Inc
Some more of the Hummers at the show
Taken by Predator Inc
Franco's 6BT Cummins conversion Tan 92 Slantback and his Duramax conversion 2002 Tenth Anniversary (1 of 65; all came from factory painted Desert Sunset)
taken by Predator Inc
Santa Maria Police Department DARE Humvee
taken by Predator Inc
Franco's 92 Slantback and my Dad's Open Top during the middle of recovery of my Wagon
taken by Predator Inc
More pics to come!