Welcome to Preston Idaho. No Rex Kwan Do, No Llamas

I'm in Utah this week, and decided to drive into Logan through southeast Idaho.  This scenic route took me through Preston, ID.  Home of Napoleon Dynamite.

Yes, another thing Idaho is "famous" for (BIG air-quotes there...)

I drove through town, looking for any landmarks I could find from the movie.  I couldn't find Napoleon's house, and I couldn't find Rex Kwan Do.

Which is a shame, because I wanted to try out my mad nunchuck skills...

There was also a very blatant lack of llamas in town.  Maybe Napoleon owned the sole llama, and since it's a fictional movie, all the llamas in town are fictional as well...

No ligers.

No Pedro.

No LaFawnduh.

In fact, no minorities to be seen at all.  Just farmers.  A few shops and stores.  A Burger King.  But not a lot more than that.

I know this is an "I'll do my thing, you do yours, and let's leave each other alone" state, but if I were in the chamber of commerce, I'd be milking every tourism dollar I could.  It's mentioned briefly on Preston's website, but I missed all the attractions (maybe I should go to their tourism agency and try again?)

Preston's website also mentions a Napoleon cartoon coming out soon, and is hoping a resurgence of tourism "from all around the world" when it launches.

Gosh....

You could come to town and play tetherball!

You could compete in tater-tot-eating contests!

You can do some sweet jumps on your friend's bicycle!

Or you could keep on driving, like I did.

Sorry, Preston.

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