Our home away from home, High Chaparral aka Casa Codorniz, Bullhead City, Arizona.
We missed the water and our plans of spending winters during our “Golden Years” in Mexico were blown up by the Mexican drug cartels.
Exploring other options we visited south Texas and scratched that off the list.
Spring of 2012 we scheduled a vacation to Lake Havasu to see if we liked it there. We both fell in love with the area but Havasu was way too busy and NOISEY! While in a Havasu tackle shop we asked the clerk where he liked to fish and he suggested Lake Mohave.
We drove to Bullhead City and spent a few days looking around. While exploring the outback we found this very interesting subdivision out in the desert near Katherine Landing marina. Drove up and down the few subdivision roads(more like jeep trails) there were looking for for sale signs. Found only one! Later Paulette called the number from the for sale sign and discovered it was for a couple lots that were down in a wash.
We left Bullhead City disappointed but liked the area very much!
Long story short Paulette found this repo on the internet that fit our budget. Low and behold it was in Lake Mohave View Ranchos, the very subdivision we fell in love with! The Hel Tig Ranch, a 2 bedroom frame house with the roof blown off! Our desert retreat fixer upper.
Chasing Ghosts: A Mid-March Smallmouth Bass Adventure on Lake Mohave
Chasing Ghosts: A Mid-March Smallmouth Bass Adventure on Lake Mohave
Sunset on Mohave Lake View Ranchos
There\'s something about the way the light changes in the desert that reminds me of my childhood on the Kansas prairie. Different landscapes entirely, but that same vast sky, that…
Capturing the Essence of Southwest Wilderness
An Afternoon on Lake Mohave The morning light crept over the Black Mountain foothills, casting long shadows across our ranch-style home. At my age, there\'s nothing quite like the anticipation…
Dawn with Paulette and Her Mojave Sanctuary
Desert Whispers The pale February sun had barely lifted itself above the ragged eastern Black Mountain hills when I first spotted Paulette making her way through the garden. From my…
Where Desert Dreams Take Flight
There she lies, eternal and unchanging, her profile etched against the azure Arizona sky like a painting that\'s been there since time began. Sleeping Princess Mesa, as we\'ve always called…
Hiking the Arizona Desert: An Afternoon in the Black Mountains
There\'s something about the desert that keeps calling me back. After seven decades of exploring the American Southwest, you\'d think I\'d have seen it all. But that\'s the magic of…
A Front Row Seat to Nature’s Most Delicate Construction Project
There\'s something about watching a hummingbird build its nest that takes me back to my childhood days on our family ranch. Back then, I\'d spend hours perched in the old…
Christmas 2024 Boat Ride Ady and Sophie
A Christmas Memory at Lake Mohave: A Grandfather\'s TaleThere\'s something magical about sharing the wild places you love with your grandchildren. After spending most of my life documenting the rugged…
A Morning of Magic at Lake Mohave: Three Generations Skipping Stones
There\'s something about watching a grandmother teach her grandchildren that stirs memories deep within my weathered soul. This morning, as I set up my camera along a secluded pebble beach…
December Evening Desert Walk
December Evening Desert Walk
