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The sun is dropping and the first glimmers of sunset in Ivanpah Valley are hitting my beard

7395-ivanpah-valley.jpg I discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadThumbnailsA glance back toward Nipton, two miles away, reveals pink-orange hillsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadThumbnailsA glance back toward Nipton, two miles away, reveals pink-orange hillsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadThumbnailsA glance back toward Nipton, two miles away, reveals pink-orange hillsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadThumbnailsA glance back toward Nipton, two miles away, reveals pink-orange hillsI discover an abandoned, deflated balloon under a creosote bush in Ivanpah Valley, not far from Nipton RoadThumbnailsA glance back toward Nipton, two miles away, reveals pink-orange hills

It's time to turn around for the two-mile hike back to my tent at Nipton, and enjoy the Ivanpah Valley sunset.