Big ‘spud’ headed to Alaska

TW Buck Reporter/Photographer

Talk about a loaded potato.

What started out as a celebration for the 75th anniversary in 2012 of the Idaho Potato Commission is on its 11th cross-country tour, which has brought the Big Idaho

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Potato Truck through the Peace Region on its way to Alaska.

The tour takes around seven months and travels the country between events, promoting certified heart-healthy Idaho potatoes according to the Big Idaho Potato Tour website.

This is the tours first time in Canada as it travels north to Skagway, Alaska for an event on July 22.

“This is the famous Idaho Potato Tour. We travel for seven months spreading Idaho love all over the country,” says Melissa Bradford, who has been a driver for the last five tours.

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With part of the marketing campaign for the tour asking if the potato is real, locals had to go down and see for themselves when it made a stop for fuel in Fort St john, early Wednesday afternoon.

“It’s a steel structure, with a fiberglass shell and a really good paint job,” says Bradford. “The inside has metal shelving with all of our tour swag, and then the back has lockers with our belongings. Due to us being gone for so long, we pretty much have to bring the kitchen sink with us.”

The ‘spud’ being transported is actually the second edition, with the first being made out of concrete which now resides in Idaho and has since been transformed into an Airbnb hotel.

“Even just pulling into the dirt lot here, people’s hands were in the air and their waving and smiling. Whether it’s a rest stop, a grocery store, a school, a church, people get excited when they see the truck.” tbuck@ahnfsj.ca

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“The Respondents say that they then stopped developing the Property in relation to the campground and other aspects of their business venture,” she added.

Camp shacks for employee housing were also added to the property, noted the judgment. With four dwellings in total, the property was two above what’s permitted under zoning bylaws.

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