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At the Nipton store, I check in for another night of tent camping, chat a bit, and buy some beer and salty potato chips

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7365-nipton.jpg My eight miles of zooming downhill on the highway is about to end as I arrive at Nipton, that tuft of trees a mile or two aheadThumbnailsI'm looking forward to a big meal at the Nipton café in a few hours, the building next to the store with the big covered porchMy eight miles of zooming downhill on the highway is about to end as I arrive at Nipton, that tuft of trees a mile or two aheadThumbnailsI'm looking forward to a big meal at the Nipton café in a few hours, the building next to the store with the big covered porchMy eight miles of zooming downhill on the highway is about to end as I arrive at Nipton, that tuft of trees a mile or two aheadThumbnailsI'm looking forward to a big meal at the Nipton café in a few hours, the building next to the store with the big covered porchMy eight miles of zooming downhill on the highway is about to end as I arrive at Nipton, that tuft of trees a mile or two aheadThumbnailsI'm looking forward to a big meal at the Nipton café in a few hours, the building next to the store with the big covered porchMy eight miles of zooming downhill on the highway is about to end as I arrive at Nipton, that tuft of trees a mile or two aheadThumbnailsI'm looking forward to a big meal at the Nipton café in a few hours, the building next to the store with the big covered porch

I often complain about over-salted food, but I always seem to crave extra salt after a few days on a bicycle-camping trip.