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I pass the Bagdad Café in Newberry Springs, famous for its appearance in the movie of the same name

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bagdad-cafe-5569.jpg A playful, and perhaps vicious, group of dogs protect a former gas-station/restaurant property in Newberry SpringsThumbnailsNext-door to the Bagdad Café is the old Henning Motel, with its metal roof being stripped by vandalsA playful, and perhaps vicious, group of dogs protect a former gas-station/restaurant property in Newberry SpringsThumbnailsNext-door to the Bagdad Café is the old Henning Motel, with its metal roof being stripped by vandalsA playful, and perhaps vicious, group of dogs protect a former gas-station/restaurant property in Newberry SpringsThumbnailsNext-door to the Bagdad Café is the old Henning Motel, with its metal roof being stripped by vandalsA playful, and perhaps vicious, group of dogs protect a former gas-station/restaurant property in Newberry SpringsThumbnailsNext-door to the Bagdad Café is the old Henning Motel, with its metal roof being stripped by vandalsA playful, and perhaps vicious, group of dogs protect a former gas-station/restaurant property in Newberry SpringsThumbnailsNext-door to the Bagdad Café is the old Henning Motel, with its metal roof being stripped by vandalsA playful, and perhaps vicious, group of dogs protect a former gas-station/restaurant property in Newberry SpringsThumbnailsNext-door to the Bagdad Café is the old Henning Motel, with its metal roof being stripped by vandals

An A-frame-style roof façade was added at some point to give more character to this flat-roofed building. I consider stopping in here here for a breakfast meal like I had here last year, but decide I want something quicker due to today's longer mileage.