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A jet-exhaust stream glides by effortlessly in the sky while I rattle along Nipton-Moore Road, hugging the train tracks

7244-nipton-moore-rd.jpg One of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadThumbnailsAs a result of recent rains, Nipton-Moore Road has had recent washouts that have been freshly repairedOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadThumbnailsAs a result of recent rains, Nipton-Moore Road has had recent washouts that have been freshly repairedOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadThumbnailsAs a result of recent rains, Nipton-Moore Road has had recent washouts that have been freshly repairedOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadThumbnailsAs a result of recent rains, Nipton-Moore Road has had recent washouts that have been freshly repairedOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadThumbnailsAs a result of recent rains, Nipton-Moore Road has had recent washouts that have been freshly repairedOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadThumbnailsAs a result of recent rains, Nipton-Moore Road has had recent washouts that have been freshly repaired

Bump, bump, bump.