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I stop to touch the rocky ground beneath me on the way back to Nipton

03520-hot-earth.jpg Crossing the power-line road on the way back to NiptonThumbnailsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonCrossing the power-line road on the way back to NiptonThumbnailsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonCrossing the power-line road on the way back to NiptonThumbnailsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonCrossing the power-line road on the way back to NiptonThumbnailsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near NiptonCrossing the power-line road on the way back to NiptonThumbnailsThe outer shell of a coyote gourd near Nipton

The ground is quite a bit hotter than the air. My hiking boots are doing a good job at insulating my feet from the heat of the rocky terrain.