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

Coyote Breakfast

Coyote Breakfast

A long time ago in the Deadly Mohave Desert far, far away a Wily Coyote emerges from the fog to snack on a Cantaloupe rind breakfast. A VERY RARE desert fog!!!

Sedona AZ

Sedona AZ in the Monsoon Season

Sedona is an Arizona desert town near Flagstaff that’s surrounded by red-rock buttes, steep canyon walls and pine forests. It’s noted for its mild climate and vibrant arts community. Uptown Sedona is dense with New Age shops, spas and art galleries. On the town’s...

Olympus Magic Dramatic Mountainside Mine Overlook

Jeep Club Mid Way Up The Princess Trail

Rhino-ed up the Mountainside Mine Overlook Trail to save the Garmin Track and decided to take some photos. Notices these Jeeps struggling up steep section not far after the start of the trail and watched as they one-by-one managed a steep section then decided to shoot...

Burros near pottery cave

Pottery Find

On our Rhino ride today about 4 miles up the main trail to Hwy 68 we headed east off trail up a wash toward a prominent pointed mountain. About 3 miles up the wash we cam upon a willow, indicating a spring. Looking around we spotted a cave opening a couple hundred...

Site where Dennis died

Dennis A McCarty and Lorena Black

Dad and Lorena Black died(froze to death) here February, 11, 1978.  They were found April 5, 1978.   Going to to one of his favorite lookouts on the Mogollon Rim in Payson AZ Payson Photos

Liberty

A Time To Kneel – Written by Ted Nugent

Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. Hold a musket ball in your fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks...