Temme Travels

Mele Kalikimaka Feliz Navidad and a Merry Christmas!

Today is the 235th birthday of the United States Marines.  It also the 84th birthday of my Papa  (Grandfather) who is also a Marine.  Marines are who are called into to get the job done.  My Grandfather at 84 works circles around many half his age. He gets the job done.  He is someone that I look up to, respect and love deeply.  He more than fought for this country he served and still serves this country. At 84 he will at any opportunity step in when needed.  This year is a different year for him.  Papa always looks forward to this day not because it is birthday, but because his birthday is also a day to honor all Marines who have dedicated their lives.  The Marine Corp Ball is an event he looks forward to every year a year to dress in in their formals, be honored and honor all his fellow Marines.  This year he is will miss the Marine Corp Ball.  This year he is called to serve again.  This year and everyday he serves and cares for those he loves.  His new service is to our Nana who

The first leg of our trip is behind us and we pulled it off without too many mishaps.  Wine tasting, ferry rides into the city, sea lions on the wharf and a fantastic aerial show by the Blue Angles.  What a  fantastic start to the month long adventure.  Tristan and Sienna are both doing great.  Our new motto is get there when we get there. We think we will start after we get to Croatia, the next two days are pretty action packed.  We are now on the flight to Frankfurt  for 11 hours Tristan is fast asleep in our version of first class ( the small space behind the galley and the back row seats.  Sienna is the hostess of the flight saying hi to everyone if they like it or not… German flight the people are well lets just say allergic to children… we land in about 7 hours and then off to Gunzburg for a quick rest and then LEGOLAND here we come.  Why stop and rest?  Next stop after a long day at Legoland is our flight to Dubrovnik, Croatia.  Wish us luck and we’ll let you know h

We are finishing up what we refer to as a season.  A season for us and the majority of boats in this part of the world would be from October (when it is getting cold up north) till July or August  (when hurricane season arrives) or the weather is unbearable.  There are the few brave ones who will head north into the Sea and avoid the hurricanes and into cooler water.  For us the season ends in August.  We will leave Meshach in Mexico and head home via Airliner to Hawaii to re-group, see family, maintenance on the house, paper works and business that can't be done from the boat. People ask us why we chose Mexico as a place to visit, live, sail... The answer is we love it. We love to travel experience new places, new people, live simple, spend time with our kids while they are still young and we relatively young.  The list goes on.  We love the adventure and the challenge and the pure simplicity of it and the lesson that you can live with so much less. We've had a