Getting in An Afternoon On Lake Mohave Before Chilly Weather in Mid November 2025

Getting in An Afternoon On Lake Mohave Before Chilly Weather in Mid November 2025

Back in the Saddle: A Desert Adventure to the Tyro Mine Overlook

Back in the Saddle: A Desert Adventure to the Tyro Mine Overlook

Smallmouth Bass Spawning: A Late April Adventure on Lake Mohave

Smallmouth Bass Spawning: A Late April Adventure on Lake Mohave

Mid-April 2025 Lake Mohave Bass Fishing

The desert morning greeted us with that peculiar stillness that only those who've spent time in the Southwest truly understand. As I sipped my coffee on the porch of our modest desert retreat in the foothills above Lake Mohave, I watched the sun crawl above the...

The Sonoran Desert in Bloom

There's something about the desert that speaks to my soul. Perhaps it's the stark contrast to my Kansas upbringing, where the rolling Flint Hills offered a different kind of beauty altogether. Out here in the Sonoran Desert during springtime, though... well, that's a...

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 same feeling of being small beneath an endless canvas of blue that slowly transforms into...

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 of a day on the water, especially when Lake Mohave beckons with its...

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 vantage point on the ridge—camera in hand as always—I watched her emerge from the...

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 her, rests peacefully in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, watching over the...

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Over the Top Trail

Over the Top Trail

A short off road loop trail over a ridge in the Mohave County Arizona Black Mountains with great views of Lake Mohave, Laughlin, Nevada and Mohave Lakeview Ranchos. The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south trending 75 miles...

Tiny Owl 09-27-2020

Tiny Owl 09-27-2020

This tiny 6" tall owl came to visit Paulette while she was visiting with Sharon on the phone on the front patio. I believe it's a Western Screech Owl. Length averages 8.7 in, wingspan 22 in, and weight 5.0 oz. Weight ranges from 88 to 3.1 to 7.8 oz. Females are larger...

Desert Museum Palo Verde

Desert Museum Palo Verde

The Desert Museum palo verde is a fast-growing deciduous tree of medium size that develops an upright canopy habit, 20-30 ft. tall, 20-25 ft. wide. In contrast to other types of palo verde, this cultivar has thornless chartreuse-green stems and branches. Vast numbers...

September 2020 Mohave Lakeview Ranchos

September 2020 Mohave Lakeview Ranchos

A peacful September morning in a small community in Mohave County Arizona. Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 200,186. The county seat is Kingman, and the largest city is Lake Havasu City.

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave April 27, 2020

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave April 27, 2020

The Smallmouth Bass spawn is winding down but the fishing is still great on Lake Mohave. Returning to New Mexico in a few days. It's been another great winter in Mohave County. Lake Mohave’s 240 miles of shoreline can be enjoyed year ’round as days are almost always...

Mohave Lakeview Ranchos

Mohave Lakeview Ranchos

Subdivision of 60 one acre tracks overlooking Lake Mohave Arizona. Lake Mohave on the Arizona/Nevada is amazing with 240 miles of shoreline, spreading 67 miles from end to end, with Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina located right in the center. It begins at Davis...

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Osmo Pocket

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

This fat boy was about 4 feet long and about 3 inches in diameter at his belly. He was about to join Paulette with her morning hot beverage. When I approached him he was defensive, not aggressive, even after I had to drag him away from the Palo Verde three or four...

Things We Planted

Things We Planted

Things we planted in out Mojave Desert home. Saguaro, Ocotillo, Palo Verde and Baja Fairy Duster. Known as the high desert, Mojave National Preserve has elevations from 938 feet to 7,929 feet at Clark Mountain. The range in elevation diversifies plant life. Relic...