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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

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5948-nipton.jpg I reach that stop sign in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, at the junction of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsI ride almost five miles up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road to the Cima Store, gaining about 450 feet in elevationI reach that stop sign in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, at the junction of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsI ride almost five miles up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road to the Cima Store, gaining about 450 feet in elevationI reach that stop sign in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, at the junction of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsI ride almost five miles up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road to the Cima Store, gaining about 450 feet in elevationI reach that stop sign in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, at the junction of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsI ride almost five miles up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road to the Cima Store, gaining about 450 feet in elevationI reach that stop sign in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, at the junction of Ivanpah RoadThumbnailsI ride almost five miles up the gentle grade of Kelso-Cima Road to the Cima Store, gaining about 450 feet in elevation

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.