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I reach the main dirt road from Primm to Nipton, often called Nipton-Desert Road, and note that I'm 10.5 miles from my next stop

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4618-nipton-desert-rd.jpg It's nice to see the I-15 freeway and its traffic getting smaller as I ride down the dirt road away from PrimmThumbnailsI've got about 7 miles of bumpy dirt road to ride on the way to Nipton (the last 3 are old pavement)It's nice to see the I-15 freeway and its traffic getting smaller as I ride down the dirt road away from PrimmThumbnailsI've got about 7 miles of bumpy dirt road to ride on the way to Nipton (the last 3 are old pavement)It's nice to see the I-15 freeway and its traffic getting smaller as I ride down the dirt road away from PrimmThumbnailsI've got about 7 miles of bumpy dirt road to ride on the way to Nipton (the last 3 are old pavement)It's nice to see the I-15 freeway and its traffic getting smaller as I ride down the dirt road away from PrimmThumbnailsI've got about 7 miles of bumpy dirt road to ride on the way to Nipton (the last 3 are old pavement)It's nice to see the I-15 freeway and its traffic getting smaller as I ride down the dirt road away from PrimmThumbnailsI've got about 7 miles of bumpy dirt road to ride on the way to Nipton (the last 3 are old pavement)It's nice to see the I-15 freeway and its traffic getting smaller as I ride down the dirt road away from PrimmThumbnailsI've got about 7 miles of bumpy dirt road to ride on the way to Nipton (the last 3 are old pavement)

I send out a couple of text messages to let folks know that I've left Primm, I'm in the Mojave Desert for real now, and I'm sweating already.