Any jeep owners?

So its coming to the end of my deployment and I have a bit of money saved up and I'm looking at trading in my 626 Mazda for something that can do a better job of keeping up with what I like to do which is camping, hiking, and possibly biking and kayaking. So I'm thinking of getting some type of jeep. Does anyone have any experience with jeeps, are they a good buy, a bad buy and does anyone have any good years they'd recommend getting if I can find one. Thanks in advance.