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...

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Colorado River Lake Mead Echo Bay Air 2S

Colorado River Lake Mead Echo Bay

Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, 24 miles east from Las Vegas Strip. It is the largest reservoir in the United States in terms of water...

Ghost Town St. Thomas, Nevada Air 2S

Ghost Town St. Thomas, Nevada

Lying on the former lake bottom of Lake Mead the remains of the town of St. Thomas, Nevada re-emerges as a result of the decline of Lake Mead. Ninety years ago, through the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam was approved and constructed to harness the mighty Colorado...

Colorado River Big Bend Conservation Area Mavic 2 Zoom

Colorado River Big Bend Conservation Area

Located South of Laughlin, Nevada the Big Bend Conservation Area is a partnership between the Nevada Division of Wildlife, Southern Nevada Water Authority, the Nevada Division of State Parks, and the LCR MSCP. The partnership began with the acquisition of a small...

Mushroom Rocks - Rocky Mountain National Park Hero 9

Mushroom Rocks – Rocky Mountain National Park

The Tundra Communities Trail to Mushroom Rocks is a good opportunity to stretch your legs and experience dramatic panoramic views of the Rockies. Best of all get a sense of how harsh an environment these mountain peaks are with a biting cold wind in the dead of...

Casa Codorniz April 11, 2021 Mavic Pro

Casa Codorniz April 11, 2021

Casa Codorniz is located in a small 60 acre subdivision in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area 6 miles from the Colorado River, Lake Mohave and 12 miles from Bullhead City, Arizona and Laughlin Nevada. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national...

Over-the-Top Lake Mohave Overlook Trail Hero 7 Mavic 2 Zoom Helix

Over-the-Top Lake Mohave Overlook Trail

A moderate/easy 4wd trail in the Arizona Black Mountain foothills to an interesting Lake Mohave/Bullhead City overlook. Lake Mohave is a reservoir on the Colorado River created in 1951 following the completion of Davis Dam near present-day Laughlin, Nevada, and...

Colorado River Lunch at Bubba Gump Pocket 2

Lunch at Bubba Gump

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. The Golden Nugget Hotel &...

Moki Dugway Pocket 2 June 8, 2021

Moki Dugway June 8, 2021

Pueblo Indians carved shallow hand and toe holds, or Moki steps, into rock cliffs to make a near vertical climb. The Moki Dugway, also a steep climb up a hillside, was not made by Pueblo Indians, but by miners to transport uranium. The Moki Dugway (also spelled Mokee...