by Heidi Coutu | Jan 15, 2024 | TravelBlog
We are writing this blog to keep our friends up to date on our travels, and perhaps to inspire and inform similar adventures. We are grateful to those who have chosen to join us along the way. Personally, I am taking a sabbatical from painting to find new inspiration....
by Heidi Coutu | Jan 16, 2024 | TravelBlog
The first leg of the trip commenced in Connecticut, with an early morning departure at 4:00 AM. With a packed Jeep Grand Cherokee, dog (Wes) and cat (Bonnie), Alex and I hit the road, Austin bound. It was an inauspicious start. Not far from Stanford heading to NYC in...
by Heidi Coutu | Jan 17, 2024 | TravelBlog
So, on we went through New Yok, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and finally Texas… Fortunately, we had a terrific overnight stop to see our dear family in Kentucky, cousins Anthony, Laura and little Thomas. We were welcomed with...
by Heidi Coutu | Jan 20, 2024 | TravelBlog
Spending 10 days with Alex was a joy. Despite her having to return to work, we explored the city, took walks, and saw friends. Margaritas and queso were a daily indulgence, and we did mange to take in some of the continuing “weirdness”. Alex’s friends Kaleen and Ernie...
by Heidi Coutu | Jan 27, 2024 | TravelBlog
Antigua, January 21-27, 2024 We left Austin for Houston on Saturday January 20 for an overnight at the airport Marriott to make a 07:45 Sunday flight to Miami for the final connection to Antigua. By the end of the flight to Antigua, on the generally but not...