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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 11: Nipton to Sunrise Rock on Cima Dome, Mojave National Preserve /

I hop around the rocks that surround my Cima Dome campsite and catch the pre-dusk orange desert glow

03668-sunrise-rock.jpg I'm really hungry, so I get out my pot and propane burner, but decide to take sunset photos instead of cooking supper right awayThumbnailsWhen I think of the Cima Dome area, I think of gorgeous sunsets, and tonight is no exceptionI'm really hungry, so I get out my pot and propane burner, but decide to take sunset photos instead of cooking supper right awayThumbnailsWhen I think of the Cima Dome area, I think of gorgeous sunsets, and tonight is no exceptionI'm really hungry, so I get out my pot and propane burner, but decide to take sunset photos instead of cooking supper right awayThumbnailsWhen I think of the Cima Dome area, I think of gorgeous sunsets, and tonight is no exceptionI'm really hungry, so I get out my pot and propane burner, but decide to take sunset photos instead of cooking supper right awayThumbnailsWhen I think of the Cima Dome area, I think of gorgeous sunsets, and tonight is no exceptionI'm really hungry, so I get out my pot and propane burner, but decide to take sunset photos instead of cooking supper right awayThumbnailsWhen I think of the Cima Dome area, I think of gorgeous sunsets, and tonight is no exception

Gusty winds up here make a lot of noise, but occasionally they stop for a few moments, and then everything is quiet and peaceful. I can even hear a train six miles away passing through Cima down below.