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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / Fall 2012: Mojave National Preserve bicycle-camping and hiking, Lanfair Valley loop / Day 8: Ivanpah Rd to Nipton and then Primm the next morning /

I leave the bliss of my Nipton tent cabin before sunrise for the 12-mile ride to Primm, purposefully, as if it were a work day

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8944-nipton-desert-rd.jpg I get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnightThumbnailsAfter passing Desert siding, no more pavement, and the final 7 miles to Primm will be on this bumpy surfaceI get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnightThumbnailsAfter passing Desert siding, no more pavement, and the final 7 miles to Primm will be on this bumpy surfaceI get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnightThumbnailsAfter passing Desert siding, no more pavement, and the final 7 miles to Primm will be on this bumpy surfaceI get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnightThumbnailsAfter passing Desert siding, no more pavement, and the final 7 miles to Primm will be on this bumpy surfaceI get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnightThumbnailsAfter passing Desert siding, no more pavement, and the final 7 miles to Primm will be on this bumpy surfaceI get a good fire going in the stove in my Nipton tent cabin, but it takes me a while; I'm in bed before midnightThumbnailsAfter passing Desert siding, no more pavement, and the final 7 miles to Primm will be on this bumpy surface

The sun is just barely starting to appear as I ride past the old corral on Nipton-Desert Rd, a bit before the old pavement runs out. My feet and fingers are already really cold! Since I'm not a morning person, I always forget how cold mornings can be!