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- In Memoriam, Tom O’BrienWe lost another fellow hiker and good friend today. Tom O’Brien and I hiked many miles with the Prince of Peace UMC Hiking Group between 2018 and 2022. Tom showed up for nearly every hike unless he and Jane were going on vacation or he was visiting his kids. In fact, the last hike that… Read More »In Memoriam, Tom O’Brien
- Review of Snow Peak Rechargeable Mini Hozuki in Morning MistThis page may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. This product was sent to me free of charge in exchange for promotional consideration. I’ve utilized many, many types of tent… Read More »Review of Snow Peak Rechargeable Mini Hozuki in Morning Mist
- Recon of Discovery Trail, Prince William County, VAThis page may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. This 2 mile up, 2 mile back linear hike took place on Saturday, October 26, 2024. It was just me on… Read More »Recon of Discovery Trail, Prince William County, VA
- Shameless Self Promotion 2024Until Christmas I’ve been involved in various facets of the Internet for over 30 years now. Whether it be for work or for fun, I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with web sites. One of the challenges with creating a web site for oneself, a business or a non-profit organization has always been how to monetize a… Read More »Shameless Self Promotion 2024
- 2024 Royal Robbins Fall Clothing EvaluationThis page may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. Earlier this year I established an affiliate publisher partnership with Royal Robbins Clothing. I placed their ads on my website and… Read More »2024 Royal Robbins Fall Clothing Evaluation
- I endorse Kamala Harris for PresidentThis is going to be a close election. So even though Taylor Swift beat me to it, I am going to endorse the Harris/Walz ticket for 2024. Why? Because they have a positive message, their truth factor is very high, they have no drama and they are not convicted felons. Also, this country is 248… Read More »I endorse Kamala Harris for President
- Recon: Popular Ford Park & Surrounding Areas, Centreville, VAThis page may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. This recon occurred on Friday, August 30, 2024. It was just me on this trip. The purpose of a recon is to… Read More »Recon: Popular Ford Park & Surrounding Areas, Centreville, VA
- Recon, Culpeper Battlefields State Park, VAThis page may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. This recon occurred on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. It was just me on this trip. As of today, Culpeper Battlefields State… Read More »Recon, Culpeper Battlefields State Park, VA
- My Windows 11 laptop just bit the dustThis blog post may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. Last Tuesday I went RV camping in Prince William Forest Park near Dumfries, VA, I took my laptop with me… Read More »My Windows 11 laptop just bit the dust
- WordPress Plugins: the good, the bad and the uglyThis blog post may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. One of the reasons why I chose to go with a WordPress website a year ago was that they offered… Read More »WordPress Plugins: the good, the bad and the ugly
- The 2nd iteration of mikecalabrese.com is is turning 1 year oldThis blog post may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. Happy 4th of July! Sometime in the spring of 2023 I decided to make the switch and start from scratch.… Read More »The 2nd iteration of mikecalabrese.com is is turning 1 year old
- Review of Selected Valley Food Storage ProductsThis blog post may contain an affiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I performed this product review over the period 06/24-26/2024. These products were sent to me free of charge. The purpose… Read More »Review of Selected Valley Food Storage Products
- 06/11-12/2024 Greenbrier River Trail, WV Backpack Trip CanceledThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. Since I am not feeling 100% yet, I am cancelling the Greenbrier River Trail Backpacking Trip scheduled for June 11-12,… Read More »06/11-12/2024 Greenbrier River Trail, WV Backpack Trip Canceled
- 3 Month Review of my 2019 Subaru OutbackThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I’ve had my 2019 Subaru Outback for about 3 months now. Overall, I’m happy with the purchase of this vehicle.… Read More »3 Month Review of my 2019 Subaru Outback
- One Month Until Greenbrier River Hike 06/11-12/2024This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I plan to do 3 more backpacking trips over the next 3 years and then hang up my backpack: Greenbrier… Read More »One Month Until Greenbrier River Hike 06/11-12/2024
- Product Review: Royal Robbins Clothing LineThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I recently received some free clothing items from Royal Robbins to evaluate. So I did a video. You can see… Read More »Product Review: Royal Robbins Clothing Line
- It took me about 8 months…This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. …but I finally figured out how to use a plugin that I have called Random Content to generate 728 x… Read More »It took me about 8 months…
- A Lot of VehiclesThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. After I got my latest vehicle I sat down and made a list of all of the vehicles that I… Read More »A Lot of Vehicles
- I didn’t want to do this…This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. … but I had no choice. Either spend somewhere between $2,500 and $7,500 to get my entire exhaust system, including… Read More »I didn’t want to do this…
- Im Memoriam: Ed C. Sessoms Jr. (aka Robocop, Ranger)This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. On 02/28/1999 I met Ed in the restaurant at Amicalola Lodge in Dawsonville, GA. I had asked the waitress if… Read More »Im Memoriam: Ed C. Sessoms Jr. (aka Robocop, Ranger)
- Electronics and MeThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I worked in the electronics business for about twenty years. During that time I was in sales and/or management in… Read More »Electronics and Me
- Upcoming Hike Update for February, 2024This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I have been slacking off lately as far as getting outdoors goes. With the cold weather and the fact that… Read More »Upcoming Hike Update for February, 2024
- The Big Seven OhThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. Today is my birthday. The big Seven Oh or 70. I am both sad and glad for this milestone. Glad… Read More »The Big Seven Oh
- mikecalabrese.xyz has successfully transitioned to mikecalabrese.comThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. This process started about a year ago. I was having two issues on mikecalabrese.xyz: My SSL cert was not configured… Read More »mikecalabrese.xyz has successfully transitioned to mikecalabrese.com
- Upcoming Backpacking trips in 2024, 2025 and maybe 2026This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. In 2023 I was able to car camp once. And I enjoyed it. But I never got a chance to… Read More »Upcoming Backpacking trips in 2024, 2025 and maybe 2026
- Going to CaliforniaThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I’ll be spending some time in California over the holidays. I’m looking forward to seeing Julie’s parents again as well… Read More »Going to California
- Shameless Self PromotionThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I do this only once a year and this is that time. Some of the reasons that I have a… Read More »Shameless Self Promotion
- Website Transition Report 10/30/2023This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I think that I am about 85-90% finished with the new site. I will always be uploading images, ad banners,… Read More »Website Transition Report 10/30/2023
- Review of Camel City Mill Lightweight Wool Work SocksThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I haven’t done a product review on the new site yet so here we go. The product is a pair… Read More »Review of Camel City Mill Lightweight Wool Work Socks
- AIThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. The above image was AI generated. I received it in an email from an organization called Finance Dream Chaser. I… Read More »AI
- Website Transition Report 10/01/2023This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I’ve been a busy boy lately. At this point in time mikecalabrese.com is about 75% complete. The major things left… Read More »Website Transition Report 10/01/2023
- Upcoming Hikes Fall 2023 and early 2024This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. The following are a list of hikes in the Mid-Atlantic states that I would like to do within the next… Read More »Upcoming Hikes Fall 2023 and early 2024
- No one is above the lawThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. When I first got this website I made a promise that I would not attack anyone personally but I would… Read More »No one is above the law
- In Memoriam: Douglas Alan KnowlesThis blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. I just got word today that one of my fellow Rag Tag Rangers, Doug Knowles, passed away. He died sometime… Read More »In Memoriam: Douglas Alan Knowles
- Website Transition Report 08-28-2023This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. It looks like the transition from the mikecalabrese.xyz LAMP site to the mikecalabrese.com WordPress site is about 33% complete. The… Read More »Website Transition Report 08-28-2023
- Hello world!This blog post may contain an afffiliate ad banner and/or text link. If one clicks/taps on one of these links and then makes a purchase, I sometimes receive a small commission. Please patronize our advertisers. OK, the blog area appears to be up and running. I intend to use this area to comment on various… Read More »Hello world!