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I'm almost back at Nipton when my direct route is foiled by this weak barbed-wire fence, but it's easy to get past

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03527-nipton.jpg This area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThumbnailsBack in the shade of the tent, I settle in for beer from the Nipton store and a makeshift cooler of ice plus plastic bagThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThumbnailsBack in the shade of the tent, I settle in for beer from the Nipton store and a makeshift cooler of ice plus plastic bagThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThumbnailsBack in the shade of the tent, I settle in for beer from the Nipton store and a makeshift cooler of ice plus plastic bagThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThumbnailsBack in the shade of the tent, I settle in for beer from the Nipton store and a makeshift cooler of ice plus plastic bagThis area on the fan just south of Nipton is clearly subject to occasional flooding during heavy rainsThumbnailsBack in the shade of the tent, I settle in for beer from the Nipton store and a makeshift cooler of ice plus plastic bag

I wonder if maybe this delineates the Nipton town property (my understanding is that most of the town is one parcel of land belonging to one owner).