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The outdoor sink at Nipton is decomposing after many years of service in the hot Mojave sun

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6004-nipton.jpg A datura blooms at Nipton campground while a long freight train squeals byThumbnailsFrom Nipton campground, I look across the train tracks and up Ivanpah Valley toward CimaA datura blooms at Nipton campground while a long freight train squeals byThumbnailsFrom Nipton campground, I look across the train tracks and up Ivanpah Valley toward CimaA datura blooms at Nipton campground while a long freight train squeals byThumbnailsFrom Nipton campground, I look across the train tracks and up Ivanpah Valley toward CimaA datura blooms at Nipton campground while a long freight train squeals byThumbnailsFrom Nipton campground, I look across the train tracks and up Ivanpah Valley toward CimaA datura blooms at Nipton campground while a long freight train squeals byThumbnailsFrom Nipton campground, I look across the train tracks and up Ivanpah Valley toward Cima

I fill up my four 1.5-litre water bottles, my two litre Camelbak and my 10-litre water bag. I'm hoping to find water at Malpais Spring, my next stop, but I don't know for sure if there will be any.