Yeah OP, your Prius is cool. So is mine.
Question re the cargo rack: does it weigh the car down at the back? I find there is not much clearance with the Prius. And I see you are on dirt roads. Any problem bottoming out?
Anyone had any experience with raising the suspension?
I've gotten mine up "high clearance only" dirt roads, albeit with some careful manuvering around holes, a couple of mild bottoming outs, and occasionally making my friends get out and push on the steep parts. It's awesome parking it at trailheads next to a line of 4wd pickups!
If I got to a point where I was considering raising the suspension though, I'd probably just buy an actual high clearance vehicle. I find my prius gets me 95% of the places I want to go, and as for the other places, I have plenty of friends with trucks