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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Bass Fishing Lake Mohave April 27, 2020

Bass Fishing Lake Mohave April 27, 2020

The Smallmouth Bass spawn is winding down but the fishing is still great on Lake Mohave. Returning to New Mexico in a few days. It's been another great winter in Mohave County. Lake Mohave’s 240 miles of shoreline can be enjoyed year ’round as days are almost always...

Mohave Lakeview Ranchos

Mohave Lakeview Ranchos

Subdivision of 60 one acre tracks overlooking Lake Mohave Arizona. 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 located right in the center. It begins at Davis...

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Osmo Pocket

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

This fat boy was about 4 feet long and about 3 inches in diameter at his belly. He was about to join Paulette with her morning hot beverage. When I approached him he was defensive, not aggressive, even after I had to drag him away from the Palo Verde three or four...

Things We Planted

Things We Planted

Things we planted in out Mojave Desert home. Saguaro, Ocotillo, Palo Verde and Baja Fairy Duster. Known as the high desert, Mojave National Preserve has elevations from 938 feet to 7,929 feet at Clark Mountain. The range in elevation diversifies plant life. Relic...

Hummingbird Dancing on an Ocotillo Flower Timelapse

Hummingbird Dancing on an Ocotillo Flower Timelapse

A timelapse video of a Hummingbird feeding on an Ocotillo flower in our High Chaparral/Casa Codorniz cactus garden. Fouquieria splendens is a plant indigenous to the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Desert in the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico....

Lake Mohave Smallmouth Bass Fishing April 16, 2020

Lake Mohave Smallmouth Bass Fishing April 16, 2020

Weather is getting hot, the water is warming to the upper 60s and the Smallmouth Bass spawn is coming to an end and the fishing is heating up on Lake Mohave. Lake Mohave’s 240 miles of shoreline can be enjoyed year ’round as days are almost always sunny. The terrain...

Mohave Lake View Ranchos Arizona

Mohave Lake View Ranchos Arizona

An old railroad sixty acre subdivided tract with 30 homes overlooking Lake Mohave. 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 located right in the center. It...

Wuhan Pandemic 2020 Social Distancing

Wuhan Pandemic 2020 Social Distancing

When you don't live in multi-story piles, ride overcrowded public transportaion or airlines this is how to social distance. The entire U.S. population should not have to pay the price for those that make bad choices on where and how to live.

Lake Mohave Key West Boats

Lake Mohave Key West Boats

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 located right in the center. Relax at the Resort – it’s just 14 miles east of historic Searchlight, only 45 minutes...