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The scrub at the bottom of Ivanpah Valley is different from most areas in Mojave National Preserve

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00322-ivanpah-valley-scrub-800px.jpg The final seven miles to Nipton crosses the dusty bottom of Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsI reach Nipton around 17h15 and check in at the general store for a tent-camping siteThe final seven miles to Nipton crosses the dusty bottom of Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsI reach Nipton around 17h15 and check in at the general store for a tent-camping siteThe final seven miles to Nipton crosses the dusty bottom of Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsI reach Nipton around 17h15 and check in at the general store for a tent-camping siteThe final seven miles to Nipton crosses the dusty bottom of Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsI reach Nipton around 17h15 and check in at the general store for a tent-camping siteThe final seven miles to Nipton crosses the dusty bottom of Ivanpah ValleyThumbnailsI reach Nipton around 17h15 and check in at the general store for a tent-camping site

Presumably this is due to high alkaline soils (Ivanpah Dry Lake is not too far north of the road here).