John Riley

Decatur, GA, 24-Jan-2019 – Jennifer and I flew from Seattle to Atlanta yesterday. We had traveled by bus and ferry from Port Townsend to Caro Babbo, on Lake Union, the day before. Owning Caro Babbo introduces us to a greater cross section of the world than anything I have ever done. We meet people who … Continue reading “John Riley”

Caro Babbo sleeps, John has nightmares

Port Townsend, WA – 14-NOV-2022 – Traveling from Homer to Port Townsend was uneventful. We’ve been flying more and more the last few years, nothing like we did before I left the workforce, but we’re probably doing over 30,000 miles a year, each. While Homer is seeing more and more private jets as the very … Continue reading “Caro Babbo sleeps, John has nightmares”

Christmas is near, Jennifer is leaving, friends are coming and I start to think about boats and boating.

Port Townsend, 8-Dec-2023 — Tuesday, I’ll go down to Gig Harbor and install two additional solar panels on John Riley’s boat, this will give 320 watts, which is roughly what I have on Caro Babbo. Instead of two one hundreds, he’ll have four fifties to aim as he wants, in addition to the 130 on … Continue reading “Christmas is near, Jennifer is leaving, friends are coming and I start to think about boats and boating.”

Pumps

Ko Olina Marina, HI, 4-APR-2020 – In the 1980s, the circle I lived in, mostly PhD psychologists of one stripe or another, mixed with some computer scientists, a bunch of neural network people, a physicist or two and who knows who else, looked at the current computer architecture as a model of how the brain … Continue reading “Pumps”

Where is Jennifer’s Car and When are we leaving?

Lee’s Landing, Lake Union, Seattle, WA, 14-Aug-2019 – A fast status as we’re finishing up getting ready to leave. There is a heavy and unrelenting feeling of pressure to get everything done, but as I sit to write this fast and hurried post, I realize that there are five days to go and there is … Continue reading “Where is Jennifer’s Car and When are we leaving?”

Caro Babbo

Jump to our blog. Welcome to CaroBabbo.com, the home of Caro Babbo. If you are landing on this page, it may be a good bet that this is your first time visiting CaroBabbo.com. Here is an overview of our sailing. For 2024, I’ll spend the month of May getting Caro Babbo ready to come back … Continue reading “Caro Babbo”