Welcome to Carpe Diem, an adventure travel blog with destinations unknown.
I'm Heidi Hewett, a former blogger in the CAD (Computer Aided Design) industry.
During my professional career I helped educate CAD customers and partners via my retired AutoCAD Insider/Above the Clouds blog as well as the @AutoCAD and @BricsCAD blogs. I also had the privilege of educating them at live training events around the world. Thus, my professional career helped fuel (and fund) my greatest personal passion-
TRAVEL!
Prior to COVID, my other half, Tom, and I were rarely home (in the United States). He joined me on business trips to Europe and I joined him on business trips to South America.
With the travel benefits and vacation we earned from work, Tom and I explored other international destinations for pleasure.
When COVID halted international travel we were stuck at home like the rest of the world. But, being “stuck” within the US borders reminded Tom and I of the amazing adventures surrounding us in Colorado and other US locations that we had yet to explore. We already had the perfect vehicle; a Class B camper we'd purchased in 2018 and rarely had time to use. After spending the COVID year, 2020, on weekday Zoom calls and weekend campouts, Tom and I retired in 2021.
Retirement enables me to pursue my passion for travel and Tom to pursue his passion for fishing, unencumbered by that four letter word... W-O-R-K! We celebrated our retirement with a 3-month roadtrip to Alaska in 2022, as soon as the Canadian border reopened. Every day was an adventure and we were, at last, living our dream. After documenting our Alaska journey for friends and family on Facebook, I realized how much I missed blogging and how much travel knowledge I could share.
Launching Carpe Deim enables me to combine my professional passion for education with my personal passion for travel. Don’t expect any CAD posts here... Although, you never know. Just like our Alaska roadtrip, when I wake up in the morning, I have no idea in which direction the adventure will lead... Destinations unknown!
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