Okay, granted, by the time Ivan reached the Northeast it was diminished to just a bad storm. Nevertheless, BKLYNH2, Dan, Oldhiker, Spike and Zing headed out undeterred to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for a little adventure this past weekend. We camped the weekend and, all told, had about 5 inches of rain, lots of beer, awesome steaks (compliments of Dan) and a kick-ass time wheeling at Paragon.

Here's the H2 compound (after the storm passed through).

Okay, granted, by the time Ivan reached the Northeast it was diminished to just a bad storm. Nevertheless, BKLYNH2, Dan, Oldhiker, Spike and Zing headed out undeterred to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for a little adventure this past weekend. We camped the weekend and, all told, had about 5 inches of rain, lots of beer, awesome steaks (compliments of Dan) and a kick-ass time wheeling at Paragon.

Here's the H2 compound (after the storm passed through).

Okay, granted, by the time Ivan reached the Northeast it was diminished to just a bad storm. Nevertheless, BKLYNH2, Dan, Oldhiker, Spike and Zing headed out undeterred to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for a little adventure this past weekend. We camped the weekend and, all told, had about 5 inches of rain, lots of beer, awesome steaks (compliments of Dan) and a kick-ass time wheeling at Paragon.

Here's the H2 compound (after the storm passed through).

The rigs

Arriving Paragon Saturday morning. Lots of washed out roads and deep water just to get here.

Oldhiker ready to descend

SUT Dan!

As we entered Paragon. For some reason this time they made us all open the hood to see if our batteries were tied down.

Place called Area 51 which is my favorite. Great open place to play.

Dan climbing

Oldhiker disappearing

Couldn't resist a poseur shot

Most of the rain came Friday night so on the impact of the storm was obvious on Saturday morning.

Dan having fun

Dan popping his cherry on a hill which is much steeper than the picture shows

Oldhiker making it look easy

Man did we have some water to play in!

A few spectators

Oldhiker going in deep!

The one and only BKLYNH2, the man willing to attempt just about anything!

On this particular trip it became clear to us the limitations of the stock tire in muddy conditions. My tires were always all clogged with sand and mud and I could really feel the diminished traction on ascents.

Oldhiker effortlessly climbing up from Area 51! I have to say it was great hanging out with Oldhiker and I'm glad he made it out .

I really liked this trail.

BKLYN2 in action. Personally I felt like I was going to tip when I went through this spot.

I love this steep hills at Paragon

I don't know what I enjoyed more, all the water and washed out trails, or the fact that we had the whole park to ourselves!

Check out Dan!

I liked this little side trail, this was also one of my favorites

This little stream was tricky to cross

SUT Dan

Lots of washed out trails like this one that were flowing like rivers

At the top the trail was badly washed out and close to unpassable. We were going to winch each other across but the park was closing in 1/2 hour and unfortunately had to turn around.

Here's looking down at BKLYNH2 from the top. We figure the storm cut this gully that previous night. You should have seen the water still gushing through here hours after the rain stopped.

BKLYN getting wet.

Dan trying catch BKLYN

Very nice photos, it looks like you all had a great time in the mud.

"Go ahead and try but I'm swift and you can't catch me..."

"...oh yes I can, don't mess with the SUT!"

We realized that we were glad we had the storm. Man those were fun conditions. And these guys are cool. I can't wait to go back!

Damn those were some nice pics! I'll add some more

I happened to meet up with BKLYN on the highway, here he is up front.