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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 10: Nipton to Black Palisades and back hike, Mojave National Preserve /

After breakfast, I take a shower and explore the rustic garden in front of the bed-and-breakfast

03410-nipton-garden.jpg Last night's light rain never became heavy; now I enjoy the shade of the eucalyptus trees during the warm morning at NiptonThumbnailsIn the middle of the Nipton garden is an area built of coloured rocksLast night's light rain never became heavy; now I enjoy the shade of the eucalyptus trees during the warm morning at NiptonThumbnailsIn the middle of the Nipton garden is an area built of coloured rocksLast night's light rain never became heavy; now I enjoy the shade of the eucalyptus trees during the warm morning at NiptonThumbnailsIn the middle of the Nipton garden is an area built of coloured rocksLast night's light rain never became heavy; now I enjoy the shade of the eucalyptus trees during the warm morning at NiptonThumbnailsIn the middle of the Nipton garden is an area built of coloured rocksLast night's light rain never became heavy; now I enjoy the shade of the eucalyptus trees during the warm morning at NiptonThumbnailsIn the middle of the Nipton garden is an area built of coloured rocks

What a luxury it is to take a morning shower after more than a week of tent camping! The steering wheel on a post is a memorial for a guy named Ken Trongo: "let's see where this road goes."