Mike Calabrese

This recon occurred on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. It was just me on this trip. As of today, Culpeper Battlefields State Park is the newest… Read More »Recon, Culpeper Battlefields State Park, VA

Last Tuesday I went RV camping in Prince William Forest Park near Dumfries, VA, I took my laptop with me and used it on Tuesday… Read More »My Windows 11 laptop just bit the dust

One of the reasons why I chose to go with a WordPress website a year ago was that they offered what are called plugins. Plugins… Read More »WordPress Plugins: the good, the bad and the ugly

Happy 4th of July! Sometime in the spring of 2023 I decided to make the switch and start from scratch. I was having issues with… Read More »The 2nd iteration of mikecalabrese.com is is turning 1 year old

Since I am not feeling 100% yet, I am cancelling the Greenbrier River Trail Backpacking Trip scheduled for June 11-12, 2024. I’m getting my endurance… Read More »06/11-12/2024 Greenbrier River Trail, WV Backpack Trip Canceled

I’ve had my 2019 Subaru Outback for about 3 months now. Overall, I’m happy with the purchase of this vehicle. In the forthcoming paragraphs I… Read More »3 Month Review of my 2019 Subaru Outback

I plan to do 3 more backpacking trips over the next 3 years and then hang up my backpack:  Greenbrier River Trail, WV  in 2024,… Read More »One Month Until Greenbrier River Hike 06/11-12/2024

…but I finally figured out how to use a plugin that I have called Random Content to generate 728 x 90 banner ads as well… Read More »It took me about 8 months…

After I got my latest vehicle I sat down and made a list of all of the vehicles that I have ever either owned or… Read More »A Lot of Vehicles

… but I had no choice. Either spend somewhere between $2,500 and $7,500 to get my entire exhaust system, including two catalytic converters, replaced or… Read More »I didn’t want to do this…