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Darn: "stop ahead," complete with skid marks on the pavement

00302-stop-ahead-800px.jpg The post office is closed, but the lobby is still openThumbnailsPickles! In addition to some old paint cans and wood trim pieces, some old bottles of home-made pickles are in the shed...The post office is closed, but the lobby is still openThumbnailsPickles! In addition to some old paint cans and wood trim pieces, some old bottles of home-made pickles are in the shed...The post office is closed, but the lobby is still openThumbnailsPickles! In addition to some old paint cans and wood trim pieces, some old bottles of home-made pickles are in the shed...The post office is closed, but the lobby is still openThumbnailsPickles! In addition to some old paint cans and wood trim pieces, some old bottles of home-made pickles are in the shed...The post office is closed, but the lobby is still openThumbnailsPickles! In addition to some old paint cans and wood trim pieces, some old bottles of home-made pickles are in the shed...

My big descent for the day down Morning Star Mine Road necessarily comes to a flying halt. I turn left at the bottom onto Ivanpah Road and begin the final 10 miles to Nipton across the Ivanpah Valley.