To Answer Your First Few Questions...

Hello Friends, Family, and Coworkers!

Once we settle into unemployment (that word is far scarier now that it's actually here), we'll make a proper first post.  For now, we'll get the basics out of the way...

Who: Doug and Jenna

What: Traveling around the world

 How: After surviving Civil Engineering (hence "enginerds") together at the wonderful University of Illinois, we've landed jobs in construction, saved a few pennies, and then left said jobs to go on a world adventure while we're young, wild, and free!

Where/When:
We have a very general route we are following but we're only booking the major items in advance.  The rest of the time, making it up as we go.

June 1, 2017 - Flight to Nicaragua
June/July - Central and South America
August/September - Europe Round 1: wherever our Eurail passes take us
...Brief pause to return to America for some weddings...
Mid-October through Mid-November - Europe Round 2: Scandinavia and Iceland
...Another brief pause to return to America for some more weddings and Turkey Day...
December - New Zealand (thank God for free flights and house sitting)
January 2018 - After Christmas, get some skiing in out west in the Rockies
February/March - The Pacific (Australia/Southeast Asia/Asia)
April - Everest basecamp and the safer parts of the Middle East
May - Africa
June - Europe Round 3: anywhere we did hit in Round 1&2 and then the WORLD CUP in Russia!
July/August/September/October(?) - US road trip, hike part of the PCT
Winter 2018-2019 - ski bummin' out west (acquire some sort of job providing an income)
Spring 2019 - Return to the real world... somehow

Why: Stay tuned...

-D&J


Comments

  1. Colin CuzmanOctober 4, 2017 at 8:01 AM

    Jenna! Just saw your posts - this is awesome! How are y'all going about healthcare? I'd love to do something like this, but would be worried about having some medical need while abroad.

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    1. The Wandering EnginerdsOctober 4, 2017 at 8:40 AM

      hey! you should definitely do it! we're using World Nomads travel insurance. It's awesome. Actually just had to use it for a knee injury, they cover the MRI and everything.

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