Day 4: Mid Hills Campground to Nipton via Death Valley Mine Road

Mojave National Preserve Mountain-Bike Camping Bicycle 2000

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Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping Trip 2000

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An old, crusty juniper by my campsite offers the perfect sit-down for a late-morning pipe

Date: November 07, 2000

Day 4: Mid Hills Campground to Nipton via Death Valley Mine Road

I wake up at 7h and decide to get up this time, instead of rolling over to get more sleep as I would usually do. It will be mostly downhill today from 5500 feet at Mid Hills to about 3000 feet at Nipton, woo hoo, I'm excited about that!

The slow, rough and remote Death Valley Mine Road near Cima is quite beautiful as it passes through a Joshua tree forest.

I reach full speed zooming down the paved Morning Star Mine Road.

40.7 miles, 3:25 hours, 38.5 mph max speed, 11.9 mph average.

Date: November 08, 2000

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Grand views of the Ivanpah Valley open up as I descend Morning Star Mine Road

I have a tail wind and reach 38.5 mph as I go down (a record for me), with extended stretches over 30 mph.

Date: November 08, 2000

At the bottom of my glorious downhill on Morning Star Mine Road, I meet the junction of Ivanpah Road on the way to Nipton

I turn left and ride a couple of miles to meet up with Nipton Road.

Date: November 08, 2000

Heading down Nipton Road for the last five miles before reaching town (that blotch of a few buildings off in the distance)

I'm almost there, just a few more miles...

Date: November 08, 2000

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 since I don't want to buy a whole big box of the stuff.

Date: November 08, 2000

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Other bicycle camping trips on drycyclist.com:

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Mojave National Preserve Hiking and Bikepacking, Spring 2012 (15 days)
Cady Mountains, Sleeping Beauty and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bicycle Camping, Fall 2011 (8 days)
Mojave National Preserve and Area Hiking and Bikepacking, Spring 2011 (15 days)
Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bikepacking, Fall 2010 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking, Spring 2010 (14 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Fall 2009 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking, Spring 2009 (16 days)
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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