The Idaho Potato Museum

 After our two days in Brigham City we set out for Idaho Falls, ID.  We try to follow the rule of 3 when traveling in the RV. 1) travel no more than 300 miles a day, 2) stop every 3 hours and take a break and 3) arrive at your destination by 3) so you can start happy hour. Today was a short drive - less than 300 miles so we look for interesting places along our route to stop and visit. Today it was the Idaho Potato 🥔 Museum.  

We use an app called ROADTRIPPERS to help us find points of interest along the way.  It usually does not disappoint.  

When in Idaho what better place to stop than a museum dedicated to the state’s number one export.  What a fun stop.  First off it had a place for us to park our 33 foot RV that has a jeep attached to the back. That’s always a major consideration. We usually call to check before we show up.  

The museum itself is small but mighty. You can peruse all the exhibits in about an hour. It is packed with lots of tater facts. 

It has some interesting exhibits.

The largest potato chip made according to Guinness World Book of Records. It’s a Pringle.  

We were most inspired by the number of exhibits that were Eagle Scout Projects.  The exhibit that was made up of hundreds of kinds of mashers was done by a Boy Scout as was one in front of the museum. It is a mount that is installed in front of the museum that allows visitors to take group photos using the timer on their phones. Loved that one.  We however did not use it cause we could not figure out the timer on our phones. 

But our favorite exhibit was the singing potatoes. Unfortunately the file is too large to add here.  If you want to hear it checkout my Facebook page.  

The museum had a cafe serving all things potato as well as a super cute gift store that gave out of state visitors a bag of instant potatoes. We left this stop glad that we had come.