Enoch and Delia
Welcome to our page! Everything in the blog will 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 trip 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 to do.
As I spoke about this plan, Enoch was already on board. A couple of years ago he was in a serious car accident, barely making it out alive. After an intense 3 month recovery, it completely changed his perspective on life. He decided that he needed to live everyday to its fullest. So 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). Enoch equipped the car with all of the necessities we may need on the road (rooftop tent, homemade drawer system, homemade solar shower, etc) and modified the car to be able to go off roading whenever we felt like going into the back country (bilstein 5100 shocks and 1.5inch lift). We intend on doing more modifications once we have some downtime and more money.
I will be documenting everything in this blog and on our Instagram. Feel free to follow along as I write about our days, struggles and learnings throughout the trip. Any tips or recommendations are appreciated! Thank you for reading and feel free to check out the rest of the page! Fun fact: the name MoLeisure is a combination of our last names. 😉
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