My Nipton campsite

Another nice sunny morning with clouds floating around; still cool and windy though.

One of the tent cabins at Nipton

It would be interesting to rent one of these on a cold night and have some heat during the evening.

The historic Hotel Nipton building

I love the rustic cactus garden in front of this bed-and-breakfast. There's another such garden just off to my right.

The shower building (quonset hut) at Nipton

With fiberglass walls, it's not quite an outdoor shower, nor is it quite an indoor shower.

Inside the rustic Nipton shower building, dirt floors and all!

The dirt floors (or maybe I should say "sand floors") add a special character.

Picnic table behind the Nipton campground

Those jagged hills are the Castle Peaks, which are inside the Mojave National Preserve (Nipton is just barely outside the Preserve).

Nipton General Store and the café building

The café is the building on the right.

Nipton Road crosses ugly I-15

I go on my day ride, climb a hill, and end up at I-15, nine miles away from Nipton.

Looking down into Ivanpah Valley, west of the I-15/Nipton Road interchange

At the end of Nipton Road, on the other side of I-15, exists a network of backroads, some of which lead to Wilderness Areas managed by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management).

Riding down the old road just west of I-15

I ride just a mile or so to get a taste of what the area looks like in case I decide to venture into the area beyond one day.

Cattle-guard on Nipton Road at I-15

I turn around and head back toward Nipton, about nine miles away, crossing the freeway again and riding over this cattle-guard along the way.

Top of Nipton Road, looking back toward "town"

Nipton is that little spot off in the distance on the way up to the hills in the background. I have a great downhill ahead of me to conclude today's short ride. Haze, sunshine and clouds intermingle in the sky.