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As I pass the little crowd of people by the tour bus, I realize that the thing they are photographing is me

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6140-tourists.jpg Riding down Route 66 through Newberry Springs, a tour bus that just passed me has pulled over on the side of the roadThumbnailsNext to the Bagdad Café in Newberry Springs is the abandoned Henning MotelRiding down Route 66 through Newberry Springs, a tour bus that just passed me has pulled over on the side of the roadThumbnailsNext to the Bagdad Café in Newberry Springs is the abandoned Henning MotelRiding down Route 66 through Newberry Springs, a tour bus that just passed me has pulled over on the side of the roadThumbnailsNext to the Bagdad Café in Newberry Springs is the abandoned Henning MotelRiding down Route 66 through Newberry Springs, a tour bus that just passed me has pulled over on the side of the roadThumbnailsNext to the Bagdad Café in Newberry Springs is the abandoned Henning MotelRiding down Route 66 through Newberry Springs, a tour bus that just passed me has pulled over on the side of the roadThumbnailsNext to the Bagdad Café in Newberry Springs is the abandoned Henning Motel

I guess they haven't seen any bicycle-tourers on their trip yet. Nor have I. The tour bus proceeds to stop at the famous Bagdad Café. I consider stopping there too, but decide to check it out on my way back to Barstow instead, at the end of this trip.