The giant spud was not always a delicious place to slumber and began as a promotional tool for the Idaho Potato Commission. On the back of a semi- truck, the potato had toured across the United States to advertise the state’s most famous crop, with the now owner of the vegetable Airbnb right alongside it. “Proud Idahoan,” Kristie Wolfe told, “I was a spokesperson that traveled with the potato on the truck for two seasons when it was new back in 2013 and 2014.  The truck was only supposed to travel for a year but ended up traveling for eight before they upgraded to a new slightly smaller fiberglass version this year.  So I knew it was my opportunity.” The Idaho Potato Museum had shown interest in putting it on display – but Wolfe was determined to transform it into something cooler.