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

Smallmouth Bass Spawning: A Late April Adventure on Lake Mohave

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...