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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 13: Nipton to Brant Hills, New York Mountains, Mojave National Preserve /

I take a peek inside the open window at the abandoned house at Ivanpah, Mojave National Preserve

7536-ivanpah.jpg Next to the crumbling exterior of the add-on at the rear of the house at Ivanpah is an open windowThumbnailsI remount the 10-ton bike, cross the tracks, and get back on the dirt road (now called  Brant Road on some maps)Next to the crumbling exterior of the add-on at the rear of the house at Ivanpah is an open windowThumbnailsI remount the 10-ton bike, cross the tracks, and get back on the dirt road (now called  Brant Road on some maps)Next to the crumbling exterior of the add-on at the rear of the house at Ivanpah is an open windowThumbnailsI remount the 10-ton bike, cross the tracks, and get back on the dirt road (now called  Brant Road on some maps)Next to the crumbling exterior of the add-on at the rear of the house at Ivanpah is an open windowThumbnailsI remount the 10-ton bike, cross the tracks, and get back on the dirt road (now called  Brant Road on some maps)Next to the crumbling exterior of the add-on at the rear of the house at Ivanpah is an open windowThumbnailsI remount the 10-ton bike, cross the tracks, and get back on the dirt road (now called  Brant Road on some maps)

Make-up, shoes, mattress: looks like squatters still use this house. When I was here at Ivanpah in 2008, the board had been removed off the front door.