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I ride 3 miles on Ivanpah Rd, then 7 miles across Ivanpah Valley on Nipton Road, and arrive at Nipton, population 20

5948-nipton.jpg I pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsThumbnailsI pull up at the Nipton store and sign up for a campsite for the nightI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsThumbnailsI pull up at the Nipton store and sign up for a campsite for the nightI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsThumbnailsI pull up at the Nipton store and sign up for a campsite for the nightI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsThumbnailsI pull up at the Nipton store and sign up for a campsite for the nightI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsThumbnailsI pull up at the Nipton store and sign up for a campsite for the night

There's a fair amount of traffic on this road. Despite the dark clouds ahead, it has been sunny down here in Ivanpah Valley, and I'm working up a sweat: quite a contrast to the cold up in the hills.