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While setting up my tent under the eucalyptus trees just south of the Nipton store, a train rushes past

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03385-nipton-train-tent.jpg Next door to the Nipton store is the Whistle Stop Café, which is what I'm really looking forward toThumbnailsIn the heat of the late afternoon, I drink lots of cold beer, which goes down like water after a hot bicycle rideNext door to the Nipton store is the Whistle Stop Café, which is what I'm really looking forward toThumbnailsIn the heat of the late afternoon, I drink lots of cold beer, which goes down like water after a hot bicycle rideNext door to the Nipton store is the Whistle Stop Café, which is what I'm really looking forward toThumbnailsIn the heat of the late afternoon, I drink lots of cold beer, which goes down like water after a hot bicycle rideNext door to the Nipton store is the Whistle Stop Café, which is what I'm really looking forward toThumbnailsIn the heat of the late afternoon, I drink lots of cold beer, which goes down like water after a hot bicycle rideNext door to the Nipton store is the Whistle Stop Café, which is what I'm really looking forward toThumbnailsIn the heat of the late afternoon, I drink lots of cold beer, which goes down like water after a hot bicycle ride

Nipton was once a train stop on an important cross-desert route. The extreme noise of an occasional train passing a few hundred feet from one's tent is both charming and annoying. But I like it here.