Shelley Spud Day: Heavy on the Starch
When the potato capital of the world throws a party, things get mashy
Last Visited September 4, 2009
That some folks in Idaho are passionate about potatoes, you expect. That this most famous of Idaho products is celebrated in small-town Shelley, population 3,813, where the local high school mascot is a potato wearing a crown, a robe and a scepter, you expect.
That, in Idaho, the weather changes every five minutes, you expect. That most of the crowd jovially retires to tents selling the likes of scrapbooking supplies and cinnamon almonds when a sudden downpour of rain and hail, accompanied by apocalyptic claps of thunder and jolts of lightning, scatters the thousands awaiting the crowning event of said celebration to wait out the storm, you expect.