Adventure: an exciting or unusual experience. What better word to describe the week we just had?! Try to imagine navigating the busy streets of downtown Chicago in a wide load semi truck! With our adventures quickly stacking up, the checks … Continue reading
Posted in Tour BlogThe Idaho Potato Commission’s Great Big Idaho Potato Truckwill make three special appearances in Chicago, its second largest U.S. market, before making its way to idle on display in Booth #2202 at the 2012 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, set for its … Continue reading
Posted in NewsYou always hear people say that the best part about traveling are the people you meet and the things you see. And while the Tater Team agrees whole heartedly with that saying, they would also like to add ‘the things … Continue reading
Posted in Tour BlogKANSAS CITY, Mo. — About 1,800 miles into its cross country journey, the Idaho Potato commission’s great big Idaho potato rolled into the Kansas City metro area. Accompanying the potato is the commission’s Tater Team, driver Paul Humbracht and “potato ambassadors” … Continue reading
Posted in NewsYou’re not baked. You really did just see a massive fake potato rolling by on the highway. The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck – an oversized rendering of an Idaho spud on a flatbed truck – has been in Kansas City for … Continue reading
Posted in NewsThe voyage rolls on! The truck left behind a wake of smiling faces as it climbed the breathtaking Colorado mountains and rolled through Nebraska’s golden cornfields. The team was honored to get visits from a real life super hero, the … Continue reading
Posted in Tour BlogGiant potato rolls into Denver. 9NEWS at 11 a.m. 04/11/12. Click HERE to watch the NEWS REPORT
Posted in NewsBy Electa Draper Denver Post Judging by the number of doubletakes and swerving cars — cellphone cameras held aloft outside windows — the arrival in Denver of a 28-foot-long, 12,130-pound “specially cultivated” potato chained to a sweetheart-red flatbed did … Continue reading
Posted in NewsBy Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho, April 10 (Reuters) – A six-ton replica potato, strapped to the trailer of a semi-truck, is on a coast-to-coast U.S. tour to promote the tuber that is Idaho’s claim to fame but has fallen out of favor with … Continue reading
Posted in NewsIn a journey throughout the United States greatly resembling adventures from James and the Giant Peach, the Tater Team managed to pull off an extraordinary week that was filled with memorable people and touching stories. It was a fitting start … Continue reading
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