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I pick up an animal trail through the creosote-brush scrub as I head down into Ivanpah Valley

7392-ivanpah-valley.jpg I pass two small hills that seem out of place in the wide-open Ivanpah Valley, and a pile of old barbed wireThumbnailsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadI pass two small hills that seem out of place in the wide-open Ivanpah Valley, and a pile of old barbed wireThumbnailsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadI pass two small hills that seem out of place in the wide-open Ivanpah Valley, and a pile of old barbed wireThumbnailsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadI pass two small hills that seem out of place in the wide-open Ivanpah Valley, and a pile of old barbed wireThumbnailsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadI pass two small hills that seem out of place in the wide-open Ivanpah Valley, and a pile of old barbed wireThumbnailsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton Road

Yep, I definitely won't make it to the bottom of Ivanpah Valley before the sun goes down. As usual, I should have started my hike earlier!