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Back on a dirt road (Nipton-Moore Road): straight ahead are the McCullough Mountains; I wish I had time to head up there today

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8877-nipton-moore-rd.jpg I zoom down the short paved stretch of Ivanpah Rd between Slaughterhouse Spring and the train tracksThumbnails10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to NiptonI zoom down the short paved stretch of Ivanpah Rd between Slaughterhouse Spring and the train tracksThumbnails10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to NiptonI zoom down the short paved stretch of Ivanpah Rd between Slaughterhouse Spring and the train tracksThumbnails10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to NiptonI zoom down the short paved stretch of Ivanpah Rd between Slaughterhouse Spring and the train tracksThumbnails10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to NiptonI zoom down the short paved stretch of Ivanpah Rd between Slaughterhouse Spring and the train tracksThumbnails10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to NiptonI zoom down the short paved stretch of Ivanpah Rd between Slaughterhouse Spring and the train tracksThumbnails10 beautiful-but-bumpy miles of riding along the train tracks from Ivanpah Rd to Nipton

I explored a corner of the southern McCullough Mountains on my 2011 trip out here. Today, I'm headed to Nipton, that blit of buildings at centre-left in the photo. I'm still riding along the railway tracks, which are just outside the photo on the right.