High Chaparral / Casa Codorniz: Living by Lake Mohave in the Mohave Desert

High Chaparral / Casa Codorniz: Living by Lake Mohave in the Mohave Desert

Wintering in the Desert: The Snowbirds Return to Casa Codorniz Above Lake Mohave

Wintering in the Desert: The Snowbirds Return to Casa Codorniz Above Lake Mohave

Back in the Saddle Again: Exploring Old Mines by OHV in Arizona’s Black Mountains

Back in the Saddle Again: Exploring Old Mines by OHV in Arizona’s Black Mountains

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...

Jefe Blogs

The Old Ranch

The Old Ranch

Old Ranch with hand dug well near Bullhead City, Arizona is one of the many interesting places to visit while off roading. Arizona is one of the best states to enjoy the great outdoors and the almost endless variety of off road trails to live it up on your ATV,...

Princess Cove Launch Ramp and Picnic Spot at Lake Mohave

Princess Cove Launch Ramp and Picnic Spot at Lake Mohave

Princess Cove Boat Ramp is a boat launch on Lake Mohave in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, AZ. The 67 mile long reservoir covers approximately 30,000 surface acres to a maximum depth of 120 feet. There are three marinas with launch ramps, two in Arizona (Willow...

Quail Creek Lake St George Utah October 2, 2019

Quail Creek Lake St George Utah October 2, 2019

Quail Creek reservoir was completed in 1985 to provide irrigation and culinary water to the St. George area. Most of … and travel three miles east on State Road 9, then turn left on State Road 318, and follow the road along the lake to the park. Fish Species: Black...

Red Cliffs Santa Clara Utah October 3, 2019

Red Cliffs Santa Clara Utah October 3, 2019

The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area is a 44,724-acre National Conservation Area located in southwest Utah, north of St. George at the northeastern-most edge of the Mojave Desert. Santa Clara is a small resort town in southwest Utah, 124 miles north of Las Vegas,...

Cottonwood Cove Marina

Cottonwood Cove Marina

Cottonwood Cove Marina is midlake, approximately halfway between Willow Beach Marina and Katherine Landing Marina. 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...

Red Cliffs Santa Clara Utah

Red Cliffs Santa Clara Utah

The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area is a 44,724-acre National Conservation Area located in southwest Utah, north of St. George at the northeastern-most edge of the Mojave Desert. Santa Clara is a small resort town in southwest Utah, 124 miles north of Las Vegas,...

Native Mohave

Colorado River Mohave History

Colorado River Historical Society The Mohave and their ancestors lived for thousands of years on the shore of the Colorado River. Mohave Dawn explores the Mohave belief concerning the creation of mankind and the earliest history of Mohave and their ancestors. Spain...