One of the fun things about our Route 66 Summer is going where the road takes us. The old Red Cedar Inn in Pacific, MO, wasn’t originally on my list of places to see, but when we visited the Route 66 State Park Visitor’s Center, the woman working there told us about this spot just a few miles down the road. In keeping with the spirt of traveling Route 66 to have a great time, we decided to check it out.

I was thrilled to see the old sign lit up in the small museum that occupies most of the building:

It no longer operates as a restaurant, but they do still have the original bar top…I bet it has a lot of interesting stories it could tell!

Pacific is actually a pretty cool little train town…we ended up driving through most of it on 66. I’m really glad we had a chance for an unplanned side quest!