Jeep Patriot 2WD
Observed 2007–2013 (US EPA) · observed model years, not a production range
- I Fixed My Jeep Twice to Reach This Town
TrailRecon · TrailRecon · 31 Oct 2026
One man spent most of his life digging a tunnel through a mountain, and the reason for it disappeared eighteen years before he finished. Two days in the El Paso Mountains, north of Randsburg, California. The road in was washed out, so this one started with a detour and a new setup: Recon One on 40s towing the Patriot Campers X2. From there it’s old mines and the people who worked them. A volcanic ash mine that ended up in kitchen sinks across the country. Walt Bickel’s camp, still sitting the way he left it. Burro Schmidt’s tunnel, half a mile through solid rock by hand, which I walked end to…
- We Were the Last to See This Place Like This
TrailRecon · TrailRecon · 31 Jul 2026
British Columbia has been on my bucket list for years and the first two days alone were worth the wait. My good friend Shaun from The Story Till Now invited me up to explore his home turf, following the trails and towns of BC's historic gold rush. In this first episode, we ride a train deep into an old copper mine, cross the Hurley Pass with the Bonnie D and my Patriot Campers trailer in tow, spot my first wild grizzly, and camp at Mud Lakes before pushing north to Quesnel Forks one of the best-preserved gold rush ghost towns in Canada, founded in 1860. We also settle who's better at a very C…