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After the slow rise out of Ivanpah Valley, I pull up at the Nipton store at 3000 feet elevation, the end of today's bicycling

03382-nipton.jpg Crossing the floor of the Ivanpah Valley on Nipton Road, I stop for a very short break to take in the sceneryThumbnailsThe amazing 11.5-mile downhill on Morning Star Mine Road abruptly ends at a T-intersection and stop sign at Ivanpah RoadCrossing the floor of the Ivanpah Valley on Nipton Road, I stop for a very short break to take in the sceneryThumbnailsThe amazing 11.5-mile downhill on Morning Star Mine Road abruptly ends at a T-intersection and stop sign at Ivanpah RoadCrossing the floor of the Ivanpah Valley on Nipton Road, I stop for a very short break to take in the sceneryThumbnailsThe amazing 11.5-mile downhill on Morning Star Mine Road abruptly ends at a T-intersection and stop sign at Ivanpah RoadCrossing the floor of the Ivanpah Valley on Nipton Road, I stop for a very short break to take in the sceneryThumbnailsThe amazing 11.5-mile downhill on Morning Star Mine Road abruptly ends at a T-intersection and stop sign at Ivanpah RoadCrossing the floor of the Ivanpah Valley on Nipton Road, I stop for a very short break to take in the sceneryThumbnailsThe amazing 11.5-mile downhill on Morning Star Mine Road abruptly ends at a T-intersection and stop sign at Ivanpah Road

Hot and sweaty from riding across Ivanpah Valley, I step inside for refreshments (including beer) and to pay for an expensive campsite.