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OK, I've finally chosen a ride route for today on the power-line road above Nipton, starting at the Nevada border

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00365-sink-550px.jpg While in my tent choosing my afternoon ride, the dirt-bike tour group members arrive at Nipton in a cloud of noiseThumbnailsI start the climb up the hill away from Nipton toward the Nevada borderWhile in my tent choosing my afternoon ride, the dirt-bike tour group members arrive at Nipton in a cloud of noiseThumbnailsI start the climb up the hill away from Nipton toward the Nevada borderWhile in my tent choosing my afternoon ride, the dirt-bike tour group members arrive at Nipton in a cloud of noiseThumbnailsI start the climb up the hill away from Nipton toward the Nevada borderWhile in my tent choosing my afternoon ride, the dirt-bike tour group members arrive at Nipton in a cloud of noiseThumbnailsI start the climb up the hill away from Nipton toward the Nevada borderWhile in my tent choosing my afternoon ride, the dirt-bike tour group members arrive at Nipton in a cloud of noiseThumbnailsI start the climb up the hill away from Nipton toward the Nevada border

I fill my Camelbak and a water bottle at the outdoor sink at the Nipton campground, and away we go.

I've ridden a few segments of that power-line road during previous Mojave National Preserve trips, but this segment between Nipton and the Castle Peaks area will be new to me.