My Wife and I purchased our Jeep Patriot last September, I had no idea we would see ourselves in so many different environments with this machine. The first place was pretty funny. We took Sarah’s cheap “woot.com special” GPS with us to Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes. We were leaving Mammoth Lakes to head to Bodie, CA and then home from there. We left the Hotel and plugged in the address to Bodie from Mammoth Lakes. We had set it for the “quickest route”, who would have known the GPS would take us to a fire road that bipassed all of the highways and placed us in the middle of the woods with barely an inch to spare at times!
About 3 weeks ago I had to go to Reno, NV for work. The wifey mentioned I should bring the Jeep just in case it snowed. While it is not 4 or even all wheel drive, it is much more “beefy” than my little go-cart Scion xD. I agreed with her and on my way I went. The drive there was an amazing 65 degrees with not an ounce of snow in sight. After day 3 in Reno… the snow started. I was on my way home from the trip and all the signs on I-80 said “Chains Required”. Never having driven with chains, I jumped to the adventure. Little did I know it would take me 9 and a half hours to make the normal 3 and a half hour drive home! If you look to the left of the vehicle you can see yellow snow!
Last weekend, Sarah and I went on a “Baby Moon”, you know the last vacation you will ever take in the next 18 years! We went to Pismo Beach the long way, Highway One of course. We found ourselves amidst the greatest sights in California. I love that drive! Monterey to Pismo is absolutely gorgeous beach scenery.
While in Pismo we found a beach that only costs $5.00 a day to drive on! We decided to take a morning stroll on the beach and then adventure all over the area and head back there after dinner for the sunset. Yep, watching the sunset from your car with the heat on avoiding the wind, it is a great time!
Just barely over 8 months with this vehicle and we have been just about everywhere with it. I can’t wait to see where we will find ourselves in it next!
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I hate when GPS does that especially when you are driving manual car is an icy/snowy mountain roads of VA. I always carry atlas map with me and check my GPS direction to make sure it does not want to kill me. Also you can change your settings on GPS to stay on main road. I like the that snowy picture, it has nice feel to it.
Yeah, I know that feeling, those things can be poison sometimes. I should probably start carrying a map with me! I don’t have one of those crazy smart phones because I am too dumb to use it!
My wife like to takes pictures of our truck everywhere we go. I always prefer the paper maps, but sounds like a fun time 🙂