Montana Festival of the Book, Part I - October 2010

Ben, Jackson, and I made a pilgrimage to dear old Missoula around Halloween to visit the fam, the friends, and the annual Festival of the Book.

Above: downtown Missoula in all its faded glory.

We spent some Q.T. with Uncle Devin (above) and Buzzy did her annual sit-in on Grampa Jon's Jazz Show on KUFM (below).

We also got a chance to hang with old friends Andrew Smith and Courtney Saunders (below) in their amazing Neutra pad... yes, in Missoula. We saw Courtney's band, Youth and Valor, play at the Top Hat. They were fantastic. Buy her record!

Jackson joined Tilly and Elodie Smith for a dance-off during the jamboree. Echoes of the Smith Ranch ca. 1976...