We left Jackson Hole this morning, and soon we were in Idaho!

Check out these amber waves of grain:

But when you think of Idaho, you don’t think of grain, do you? Neither do we. So we went to the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho!

The museum contains the world’s largest potato crisp:

And a huge collection of vintage potato mashers:

We also got to watch a video produced by the Idaho Potato Commission all about how potatoes are grown and harvested and see a lot of old-school harvesting equipment. Then we got to go to the potato gift shop! They have a variety of potato items such as potato-shaped soap, potato-shaped recipe cards, and this:

It’s potato fudge shaped like a baked potato in foil with butter and sour cream! NICE!

We also each received boxes of freeze-dried hashbrowns for visiting the museum — delivered to us in a genuine Idaho potato sack:

We drove through some really beautiful parts of Idaho. Check out this crazy bridge we drove over:

It’s the Hansen Bridge, it goes over the Snake River canyon near Twin Falls, and it is over 400 feet tall!

Eventually we crossed over into Nevada:

Now we’re at a Days Inn in Elko, Nev. Tomorrow’s another driving day!

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