One Big Small Town
This isn't T'ings, but its a similar Montana bar... If you wander around Montana, particularly in the small towns, and you happen across someone you know, someone will likely paraphrase the following slogan. Montana is just one small town with very long roads. You would think that with a population of a million people, it isn’t so much a small town anymore. Seven hundred miles from east to west, four hundred from north to south, the fourth largest state in the United States, Montana is anything but small. And yet… This past week, me and David took off from work early and hit the road in the big Ford. There was an open mic in the town where he grew up, Jefferson City. It was about 120 miles, two hours over Elk Park Pass and the Boulder Hill and a bunch of other oddly named geologic features and funky small towns. Along the way, we passed three vehicles that I knew and I lifted a hand in greeting. One of the local plumbers, the ex-wife of one of our co-workers, a casual acquain