I promise.. no rock crawling. I'll look at the Toyota statement about the Prius. I'm not too worried, but I just wanted to make double sure. Dust isn't as much of an issue as mud is the issue, this being Oregon and all.
I do have a history of getting stuck in the fields, like the time I burried my '78 Ford F150 4x4 up to the axles, then got the 11,000lb tractor stuck trying to get my truck out.
http://www.konedata.net/Traktorit/Kuvat/84Case2094.jpg
I'll keep the Highlander on the gravel access roads and use the Ford to go pickup crates of berries from the fields.
Thanks
PK