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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Mount Carmel Junction Utah December 2021 Mavic 2 Pro

Mount Carmel Junction Utah December 2021

Mount Carmel Junction and Mount Carmel are unincorporated communities located 12 miles east of Zion National Park and 17 miles north of Kanab in Kane County, Utah, United States. They lie in close proximity to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. In 1919, a...

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park Rainy Day December 2021

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park Rainy Day December 2021

Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is a state park in southwestern Utah, United States, located between Mount Carmel Junction and Kanab, south and west of U.S. Highway 89 in Kane County. The park features uniquely pink-hued sand dunes located beside red sandstone...

Zion-Mt. Carmel Scenic Drive Rainy Day December 2021 Pocket 2

Zion-Mt. Carmel Scenic Drive Rainy Day December 2021

Zion National Park is a mind-blowing place to visit, but the National Scenic Byway (State Highway 9) between Zion's main canyon and Mount Carmel, Utah is a stunning way to cover a lot of amazing ground. Highlights include swirling, otherworldly rock formations,...

Hiking the Many Pools Trail Zion National Park December 2021 Paulette Pocket 2

Hiking the Many Pools Trail Zion National Park December 2021

Off and on rain finally turned more off than on so we cust our Many Pools Trail hike short. While it lasted it was very pretty. Many Pools Trail is a 2.3 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Springdale, Utah that features beautiful wild flowers and...

Colorado River Parker Strip

Colorado River Parker Strip

On the Colorado River just south of Lake Havasu lies the 20-mile-long Parker Strip, also known as Lake Moovalaya. There are numerous public ramps on the Arizona side, and campgrounds and hotels on both sides of the river, California to the west, Arizona to the east....

Hiking the Pa'rus Trail Along the Virgin River Pocket 2

Hiking the Pa’rus Trail Along the Virgin River

Normally very heavily trafficked we were lucky to have the trail to ourselves this chilly December 2021 morning. Named after the Paiute word for "bubbling water," the Pa'rus Trail is one of the most accessible trails along the Virgin River in Zion National Park. A...

The Virgin River Pocket 2

The Virgin River

A chilly December morning in 2021 along the pristine Virgin River near Springdale, Utah. The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about 162 miles long. It was designated Utah's first wild and...

Kolob Terrace Road - Zion Pocket 2

Kolob Terrace Road – Zion

Kolob Terrace Road, is the least traveled of the main roads through Zion National Park, and provides an easy way to quickly reach the wilderness and escape the crowds that can affect the more well known areas. It offers great views of distant cliffs and valleys,...

Brian Head UT Pocket 2

Brian Head UT

December 10, 2021 we planned to hike the Ramparts Overlook trail in Cedar Breaks. It was a cold overcast morning. Climbing up the mountain we entered the cloud layer and found it snowing lightly. When we arrived at the trailhead we were disappointed to find the...