During a Josh Savino’s The Little Bit More Show last week, Josh announced he might have a problem. He wondered if he is addicted to the Internet and especially Facebook. Josh said he found himself checking Facebook during movies, conversations and even while he was driving. Okay, he was stopped at a red light, but still! Josh may have touched …

Josh threw down a challenge last Friday for me to write some limericks. This website being mostly G-rated, I tried to keep these clean. Enjoy! There once were two lads on the air And one of them went to the fair He rode all the rides And tossed his insides So much for his nice pizza fare. There once was …

I won a gift certificate from KLPZ’s You Call it Friday contest for a free four-wheel alignment from Bradley Chevrolet in Parker. My Sable eats tires and I knew it needed an alignment. I called and made an appointment and limped the Sable 30 miles to Parker. I surrendered the Sable at the service desk and was banished to the …

Camping season in Quartzsite ends April 15th. The BLM closes their lands and it is time for RVers to move along. I had no idea where to go next so I pointed my rig north and followed all the red, white and blue license plates to Idaho. I learned there are primitive forest and desert areas that allow dry camping, …

During my RV travels I landed at a small resort town near a big lake. An odd town, home-town hick-ish but with big-city chain retail stores. Everybody wore swim suits — everywhere. I visited an electronics store seeking batteries for my radio. Scantily-clad, tattooed people stood around chatting. I wandered every aisle and came up empty. I went to the …

Music means a lot to me. Maybe too much — I have to have it at all times! If a song catches my ear I will remember forever where and when I first heard it. When I landed in Quartzsite as a boondocking RVer — no electricity; no television — I bought a little radio that pulled in two FM …

My recent mortgage column generated a lot of interest (heh, heh). Thanks to everyone who sympathized and gave advice. I am pleased to report LoanCare was very gracious and professional in accepting one final check from me. If I was math-clever I would figure how much interest I saved by paying off the loan in half the allotted time. Now, …

Cate’s Column #19 I landed in Quartzsite January 10, 2002. At 41 and a brand new full time RVer, I had no idea what I was doing. Thwarted at my first — and last — attempt to camp in an RV park, I learned that “55+” meant “senior citizens only.” I followed other RVs heading south of Quartzsite and found …

I spent the last five years sitting on my hands, doing nothing to incur expenses so I could throw every dime at my mortgage. I cannot stand paying interest plus a monthly service fee; entering into a ten-year mortgage freaked me out. I want out from under it ASAP! Finally, my statement shows I have a little more than $2,000 …

Thanksgiving 2003 found me dry camping in the desert near Quartzsite in my travel trailer home. I woke to a clear blue sky with air so clean I could see forever. The solar corona appeared thrice its normal size and hurtled hot, white fire. A brisk breeze blew from the north so my back baked and my face froze, a …