VOLUME 07.02.09 THE HUMMER CLUB, INC. ® Photo by Roger Robohm CONTENTS M AY 2009 Features A WEEKEND AT RAUSCH CREEK 08 Rausch Creek 2009 SEDONA AND SNOW 10 Snow Run! HOLE IN THE ROCK 14 My Summer Vacation GRAY ROCK CHALLENGE 20 Mount Olive, Alabama SPOTTING RULES 24 Be a Great Spotter and a Great Driver OOPS! 32 Things Don’t Always Go As Planned Departments PResident’s messAGE 05 Looking forward to Kinzalow CLUB NEWS 06 Join the Board of Directors TECH TIP 30 Checking Your Brakes COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN BYRON Photo: Chris Blood AZIMUTH 1 Club Directors Marshall Henderson Glen Peck Director - President Director - CFO/Membership/HOPE 289 Rolling Hill Road
[email protected] Mooresville, NC 28117 704-663-6510 (home) Mike Morris 704-309-9427 (cellular) Director
[email protected] PO Box 2288 South Bend, IN 46680 Bob DeVore 2500 Green Tech Drive Director - Events/Land Use South Bend, IN 46613 8390 Cappy Lane 574-232-6000 (work) Swartz Creek, MI 48473
[email protected] 810-691-5087
[email protected] Rick Grucz Director - Ambassador Program Manny MacMillan 6446 Sober Rd. Director - Azimuth Fowlerville, MI 48836
[email protected] 517-223-4885 (home) 517-223-8551 (fax) Hal Dilworth
[email protected] Director - Secretary
[email protected] 2 AZIMUTH The HUMMER Club, Inc. is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation organized under the California Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law. We are a national organization dedicated to promoting the safe use of the HUMMER in a family oriented atmosphere. We emphasize responsible four-wheeling and are serious about safety and environmentally correct off-roading.