More exploring

Since we do live in Idaho, we decided that this weekend we would travel to the Idaho Potato Museum to learn some things about the good old Idaho Potato. We went down to Blackfoot, which is about 25 miles south of Idaho Falls.  Below are some pictures of the outside of the museum. The sun was so bright in the one of Jason. We are both convinced that the sun is much brighter here than it ever was in North Carolina. I think I am going to need some sunglasses :-p

A sign inside the museum



That's one large spud



See my eyes were shut it was so bright haha

This is the inside of a potato shed. They need to be sure to keep airflow at a minimum of 10 cubic feet per minute per ton. Airflow is designed to maintain the potatoes in a constant and uniform temperature throughout the pile.



Potatoes grow in the southern part of Idaho. Idaho's short summers provide hot days and cool nights best for growing potatoes. The wind-blown soils of the Snake Rive Plain are especially suited for potatoes, being light, well drained and rich in plant nutrients. Idaho receives less than 9 inches of rainfall yearly, allowing farmers to irrigate with the precision needed to grow fine potatoes.



The famous Idaho Potato

The museum also had a display of all the equipment used to harvest potatoes and plant them. There was also a potato song called "When There's Tears in the Eyes of a Potato." Jason proceeded to sing some of it out loud. I was go glad there were only two other people in the entire place haha!
After the Museum we went to the Idaho Falls Public Library. (which we have been to before) But interesting note: There is a statue of Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann from Where the Red Fern Grows out in the front because Wilson Rawls, the author, is from Idaho Falls.

There was also a CommUNITY Festival yesterday that we decided to check out. It was in the same park as the Zoo is in and the Zoo was free! So we got to walk around and see some animals and listened to some live jazz music and enjoyed the beautiful day. However the tigers and snow leapord were hiding :-(
It is supposed to be in the high 70s and 80s all week but it still gets down in the low 40s at night. 



The Festival



Pelicans



Big bears! They were very active!

I don't think I have ever seen a tortise this big.



The monkys were fun too!












The last thing we did yesterday was register for our wedding. If you have never walked around a store with one of those scan guns....It is definately as fun as it looks!!! haha. Jason was in charge of the scanner and we managed to agree on everything we scanned. He didn't even find a display of beer to scan like on that commercial. (although he said he was going to look hehe)
We will be sending out Save the dates this coming week with our website on it. It has information on our registry and other info. about our wedding.

Today we are just doing some work and watching football :-)