My baby sister Ronna Park has lived in southeast Idaho since college, in the heart of the potato producing part of our state. In fact, Blackfoot, where she resides, has the Idaho Potato Museum complete with a large spud in front of the building that tourists and locals alike feel inspired to photograph. So a couple of weeks ago Ronna and I were talking taters and she mentioned that during the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th Anniversary this year there was a giant Idaho potato on tour of the country. Really, I asked, wondering if the spud display would make any stops in the Panhandle or non-potato producing part of the state.
As it turns out the answer is yes. I contacted Laura Herrick, who’s handling the Big Idaho Potato Tour, to see if we could arrange a stop in Post Falls on their way to Silverwood. After some wheeling and dealing and persuasion, we’ll have two opportunities to view the 12,000-pound faux spud.
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