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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Big Wash Trail

A six mile ATV trail that runs from Old Wagon Trail to Old Kingman Highway with spectacular views of the Black Mountains.

Tyro Mine Inside

Tyro Mine Inside

The Tyro Mine is near Bullhead City, Arizona. Historically the site has been associated with the Union Pass Mining District which is now part of the Mount Nutt Wilderness. The Tyro Mine is a underground mining operation. Mine operations consist of underground...

Tyro Mine Slot Trail

Tyro Mine Slot Trail

The Tyro Mine is near Bullhead City, Arizona. Historically the site has been associated with the Union Pass Mining District which is now part of the Mount Nutt Wilderness. The Tyro Mine is a underground mining operation. Mine operations consist of underground...

Tyro Mine Trail Bullhead City Arizona

Tyro Mine Trail Bullhead City Arizona

During 1915 and 1916, the Tyro shaft was sunk to a depth of 500 feet, and some drifting was done on the 200-foot level. Some ore was produced from small pockets near the surface. During 1933-1934, W. E. Whalley and C. F. Weeks, lessees, built a road from the mine to...

Pot Shard Cave

Pot Shard Cave

An obviously habitated small cave, approximately twenty feet deep by ten feet wide and six feet high, located atop a small hill overlooking a wash. The cave is down wash of a year round flowing spring. Likely used regularly by hunters in the late 1800s and early...

Old Wagon Trail Cave

Old Wagon Trail Cave

Exploring a cave located high up a solitary mountain along the Old Wagon Trail. The cave, approximately thirty feet deep by twenty feet wide and ten feet tall has a thick smoke covering on the ceiling indication regular habitation. Likely regularly used by miners in...

Avi Resort on the Colorado River

Avi Resort on the Colorado River

Just south of Laughlin, Nevada is the Avi Resort, complete with two 18-hole golf courses, boat launch and RV park. Southern Nevada gets nearly 90 percent of its water supply from the Colorado River, which begins as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains. The snowmelt travels...

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave Arizona November 2019

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave Arizona November 2019

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 produced a 30-pound 8-ounce carp, an 11-pound largemouth bass, a 26-pound...

Trail 7839 Yamaha Rhino

Trail 7839 Yamaha Rhino

Trail 7839 is off the Old Kingman Highway northeast of Bullhead City Arizona. An easy trail that wind along the eastern side of a mountain ridge and includes an overlook of the Lake Mohave Colorado River valley. Arizona is one of the best states to enjoy the great...

ATV Trails Near Lake Mohave

ATV Trails Near Lake Mohave

Hundreds of miles of well traveled ATV trails near Lake Mohave and Bullhead City, Arizona. Many abandoned mines and mining trails to explore. Both narrow and shallow compared to Lake Mead, Lake Mohave lies between the Black Mountains to the east in northwestern...