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11/16
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Close-up of the Cima Store and post office

018_16-cima-store-close-800px.jpg I reach the pavement of Kelso-Cima Road and the Cima StoreThumbnailsBeginning the ride down Morning Star Mine Road toward NiptonI reach the pavement of Kelso-Cima Road and the Cima StoreThumbnailsBeginning the ride down Morning Star Mine Road toward NiptonI reach the pavement of Kelso-Cima Road and the Cima StoreThumbnailsBeginning the ride down Morning Star Mine Road toward NiptonI reach the pavement of Kelso-Cima Road and the Cima StoreThumbnailsBeginning the ride down Morning Star Mine Road toward NiptonI reach the pavement of Kelso-Cima Road and the Cima StoreThumbnailsBeginning the ride down Morning Star Mine Road toward Nipton

I ring the bell and the shopkeeper, an older woman, comes out and opens the store. After buying a can of Mountain Dew and an Almond Joy bar (junk food for the granola man!), I go to the post office next door to mail a postcard to a friend.

Well, it's her again, running the post office as well as the store, with separate exterior entrances for customers. Hello, goodbye, hello!

We chat a bit, which is nice because I haven't spoken to anybody in a couple of days. She talks about her grand-children, who are adults now.