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I leave the primitive road and start walking cross-country toward Black Palisades

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03447-barrel-cactus.jpg The old road out of Nipton is marginal at best and is a bit washed out in places, but it makes a great trailThumbnailsI reach the power lines about a half mile before Black PalisadesThe old road out of Nipton is marginal at best and is a bit washed out in places, but it makes a great trailThumbnailsI reach the power lines about a half mile before Black PalisadesThe old road out of Nipton is marginal at best and is a bit washed out in places, but it makes a great trailThumbnailsI reach the power lines about a half mile before Black PalisadesThe old road out of Nipton is marginal at best and is a bit washed out in places, but it makes a great trailThumbnailsI reach the power lines about a half mile before Black PalisadesThe old road out of Nipton is marginal at best and is a bit washed out in places, but it makes a great trailThumbnailsI reach the power lines about a half mile before Black Palisades

I pass my first barrel cactus of the day; these don't grow in lower valley elevations such as Nipton.