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Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping Trip 2000 Day 4: Mid Hills Campground to Nipton via Death Valley Mine Road Full moon over Nipton
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Day 4: Mid Hills Campground to Nipton via Death Valley Mine Road

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This very gnarled old tree on Cedar Canyon Road gets my attention

This very gnarled old tree on Cedar Canyon Road gets my attention

Date: November 11, 2000 Views: 35

Full moon over Nipton

I reach Nipton at sunset, have a chat with the storekeeper and pay for my campsite. She gives me some laundry soap for my wash tonight--I don't want to buy a whole big box of the stuff (last year when I was here she gave me a few tea bags).

I have time before closing to grab a combo BBQ plate at the café next door, delicious pork, turkey and beef with negligeable side dishes.

I buy some Corona beer from the store at the 18h closing time and go about doing my laundry and enjoying the full moon before clouds roll in to cover it up and huge winds blow in to rattle my tent for a while (as if it needed it).

Light snow is forecast tonight for the surrounding mountains, and it might translate into a bit of light rain for those of us down in the valleys.

Continue to day 5: Day ride from Nipton up to I-15 near Clark Mountain area and back.

Date: November 08, 2000
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Full moon over Nipton
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Other bicycle camping trips:
  • Henry Coe State Park Bikepacking 2008 (eight days)
  • Mojave National Preserve Bicycle-Camping and Day Hikes 2008 (two weeks)
  • Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping Xmas 2007 Trip (one week)
  • Henry Coe State Park Mountain-Bike Camping 2007 (eight nights)
  • Death Valley Bicycle Camping 2007 (two weeks)
  • Henry Coe State Park Bicycle Camping 2006 (four nights)
  • Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2006 (two weeks)
  • Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 1999 (one week)
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