Welcome to our page! We are Enoch and Delia and this is our first blog post. This will all be written in Delia’s point of view as Enoch will be busy driving. How should I begin? I guess I should tell you guys how this idea came into fruition. It all started when I met Enoch in a hiking meetup. We bonded over Cardi B and our love of travel. We’re both East Coasters that ended up in California. We talked about wanting to travel around the US but didn’t have any set plans to do it. As an experienced nomad, his next stop was Alaska and I mentioned that I had never been there before. I decided I would visit him and we could do a road trip around the state. After visiting Denali and seeing all of what nature has to offer, I decided I needed to see more.
Let’s backtrack a bit, I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Trees by the sidewalk was the most greenery I saw growing up. Luckily my family put the travel bug in me and I always enjoyed exploring new places and immersing myself into new cultures. Anytime I was able to travel to a new place, I quickly jumped on it. But I longed to travel for an extensive amount of time to see more, consistently, instead of having to pack a bunch of things into a short trip. I came to California thinking the warmer weather was going to be a happy change for me but after a year, I realized I missed NYC and my friends and family more than I liked the weather (BTW the weather in LA is soooo much better than the weather in the Bay Area). I decided I should probably head back to the East Coast and figure out my next step from there. However, I didn’t want to just fly as I had done coming to California. Here was my chance to do the cross country road trip that I’ve been wanting.
As I spoke about this plan, Enoch was already on board. We settled on a plan of a cross country road trip while visiting all of the national parks. We are going to do this trip as frugal as possible (finding free campsites, cooking instead of eating out, etc). He equipped his car with all of the necessities we may need on the road (rooftop tent, homemade drawer system, shower, etc). Fast forward to now, we have about 3 weeks until we embark on this journey. I still have a lot to prepare but I am ready for this adventure. I hope you are too! Feel free to follow along in this blog or on Instagram, as I write about our days, struggles and learnings throughout the trip. Any tips or recommendations are appreciated! Thank you for reading and I’ll see you guys next time.
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