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163843-nipton.jpg I exit Mojave National Preserve here, and am now headed over to Nipton, the village over there at the bottom of the mountainsThumbnailsI haven't had a flat tire yet on this trip, so I celebrate upon arriving at the Nipton store with a bottle of Fat Tire beerI exit Mojave National Preserve here, and am now headed over to Nipton, the village over there at the bottom of the mountainsThumbnailsI haven't had a flat tire yet on this trip, so I celebrate upon arriving at the Nipton store with a bottle of Fat Tire beerI exit Mojave National Preserve here, and am now headed over to Nipton, the village over there at the bottom of the mountainsThumbnailsI haven't had a flat tire yet on this trip, so I celebrate upon arriving at the Nipton store with a bottle of Fat Tire beerI exit Mojave National Preserve here, and am now headed over to Nipton, the village over there at the bottom of the mountainsThumbnailsI haven't had a flat tire yet on this trip, so I celebrate upon arriving at the Nipton store with a bottle of Fat Tire beerI exit Mojave National Preserve here, and am now headed over to Nipton, the village over there at the bottom of the mountainsThumbnailsI haven't had a flat tire yet on this trip, so I celebrate upon arriving at the Nipton store with a bottle of Fat Tire beerI exit Mojave National Preserve here, and am now headed over to Nipton, the village over there at the bottom of the mountainsThumbnailsI haven't had a flat tire yet on this trip, so I celebrate upon arriving at the Nipton store with a bottle of Fat Tire beer

The final few hot-and-sweaty miles ahead before I reach Nipton are slightly uphill. Desire to reach the destination in the heat of the day always increases along this stretch, but there's no way to get there more quickly!