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13/39
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I ride another half mile beyond the Nevada State line and then turn south on this dirt road with a cattleguard

00380-cattleguard-800px.jpg The views back down to Nipton and across Ivanpah Valley from the Nevada State line are superbThumbnailsI see that I'm approaching a mining area with red soil that is not on my map and may still be activeThe views back down to Nipton and across Ivanpah Valley from the Nevada State line are superbThumbnailsI see that I'm approaching a mining area with red soil that is not on my map and may still be activeThe views back down to Nipton and across Ivanpah Valley from the Nevada State line are superbThumbnailsI see that I'm approaching a mining area with red soil that is not on my map and may still be activeThe views back down to Nipton and across Ivanpah Valley from the Nevada State line are superbThumbnailsI see that I'm approaching a mining area with red soil that is not on my map and may still be activeThe views back down to Nipton and across Ivanpah Valley from the Nevada State line are superbThumbnailsI see that I'm approaching a mining area with red soil that is not on my map and may still be active

I'll stay on this road, just for half a mile, until I reach the power-line road at the base of the hills ahead. The New York Mountains sit in the background.