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I reach that stop sign in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, at the junction of Ivanpah Road

5934-morning-star-mine-road.jpg Near the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, signs and cars pop up through the creosote-bush scrubThumbnailsI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsNear the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, signs and cars pop up through the creosote-bush scrubThumbnailsI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsNear the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, signs and cars pop up through the creosote-bush scrubThumbnailsI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsNear the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, signs and cars pop up through the creosote-bush scrubThumbnailsI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York MountainsNear the bottom of Morning Star Mine Road, signs and cars pop up through the creosote-bush scrubThumbnailsI pause at the end of Morning Star Mine Road to look east up Ivanpah Road into the New York Mountains

I can see the town of Nipton at the distant mid-right, my destination today. I turn left here as most car traffic does. A right turn here would take me into the New York Mountains and past the old Ivanpah village, a nice trip that I've done several times.