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Blackfoot, Idaho, The Potato Capital of the World

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Today we are taking a side trip to Blackfoot, Idaho to visit The Potato Museum!  Blackfoot is known as the Potato Capital of the World.

Entrance to the museum


Some interesting potato products

Largest potato chip in the world

Tater Mitts to help you quickly peel a potato


The museum had a small kid's area with Mr. Potato Head figurines and a walkie talkie made out of Pringle cans.  The walkie talkie did not work.

This animation near the exit was probably the best part of the museum.  It's neat, little place but a basic museum.  The videos did not work very well; the same part kept replaying, and I found it took very little time to browse through the museum.  The potato products were interesting to learn about, though, and the staff was very friendly!




Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho

We came across the Museum of Clean online and thought it would be interesting to visit.  They have some neat exhibits.  We were the ONLY people there during our visit, and, as a result, got a personal welcome from the friendly man working the desk.  He gave us a detailed explanation of the museum and then we were off to explore.  At one point, the man working the desk showed up and asked us to play a game.  We didn't really want to but it's pretty much impossible to avoid when you are the only visitors.  He gave us a book by museum founder, Don Aslett.  The Museum of Clean is a neat place to visit but I would have enjoyed it more had we not been the only visitors.  It just made for an awkward experience at times.













Pulltabs, a lottery machine in Idaho

Idaho Spud = quite good!



The Original J.C. Penney Store in Kemmerer, Wyoming




Mr. Penney's house

Little America, a neat tourist trap 




Heading back to Colorado


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