In ordinary years when winter and early spring rains are scanty, the annual flowering plants are few; inasmuch as they are in no particular way adapted to endure shortage of water, they wilt and die a few weeks after they have sprung, as if by magic, from the barren...
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Colorado River Topok Gorge Lake Havasu
The Topock Gorge on the Colorado River meanders majestically through the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge between Laughlin, Nevada and Lake Havasu, Arizona.Fish Topock Gorge for Striped Bass, Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass, Trout, Bluegill, Redear, and Catfish. While...
Joshua Tree Forest Mt Charleston Las Vegas Nevada
The slow-growing Joshua tree, which graces much of the Mohave desert ecosystem, is probably the most famous resident of the Mt Charleston area. Named by Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-1800s, the tree's unusual shape reminded them of the Bible...
Precipitation History of the Mojave Desert Region, 1893–2001
Diverse topography, complex geology, and distinctive plant communities characterize the Mojave Desert region. The desert covers 152,000 km2 of eastern California, southern Nevada, the southwest corner of Utah, and northwest Arizona (fig. 1). On the west and southwest,...
Lee Canyon Ski Area Las Vegas, Nevada
Lee Canyon offers day-lodge facilities for 445 acres of served and hiking terrain. With 860 vertical feet of lifts served terrain, 1,919 vertical feet of hiking routes, 24 serviced snow trails and 3 lifts, plus a tubing area, it truly is Las Vegas' mountain getaway...
Mt Charleston, a Short Drive from Las Vegas, Nevada February 19, 2020
The town of Mount Charleston is named for nearby Mount Charleston whose Charleston Peak at 11,916 feet is the highest point in Clark County. The town of Mount Charleston is in a valley of the Spring Mountains to the northwest of Las Vegas, noted for its hiking trails,...
Shoshone Cove Lake Mohave
Shoshone Cove is just north of the Princess Cove launch ramp at Lake Mohave Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Fishing is good for smallmouth bass and striped bass. The wash shoreline is a popular camping and fishing spot. Lake Mohave on the Arizona/Nevada is amazing...
The Twins on Trail Triple Seven Eight
Trail 7778 can be accessed from highway 68 and the Old Kingman Highway. It's a very scenic ATV Jeep Trail with dramatic rock formations highlighted by twin rocks towering hundreds of feet over the trail into Arizona's Black Mountains. The Black Mountains of northwest...
Morning Jo
Paulette on the back patio chatting with Sharon. Pat testing the Dolly Zoom on the Anafi.
Super Bowl Sunday 2020
Now this is how to spend your Super Bowl Sunday….. Bass fishing Lake Mohave! Two state records have come from Lake Mohave; a 63 pound striped bass was caught in 2001 and a 16 lb 4 oz rainbow trout was caught in 1971. Although not state records, Lake Mohave has also...









