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This area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rains

03524-nipton.jpg I think this is a pencil cholla cactus, near Nipton, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsI'm almost back at Nipton when my direct route is foiled by this weak barbed-wire fence, but it's easy to get pastI think this is a pencil cholla cactus, near Nipton, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsI'm almost back at Nipton when my direct route is foiled by this weak barbed-wire fence, but it's easy to get pastI think this is a pencil cholla cactus, near Nipton, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsI'm almost back at Nipton when my direct route is foiled by this weak barbed-wire fence, but it's easy to get pastI think this is a pencil cholla cactus, near Nipton, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsI'm almost back at Nipton when my direct route is foiled by this weak barbed-wire fence, but it's easy to get pastI think this is a pencil cholla cactus, near Nipton, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsI'm almost back at Nipton when my direct route is foiled by this weak barbed-wire fence, but it's easy to get past

Probably not a great place to set up a tent if there is any possibility of rain during the coming hours...