We were playing in Portland at the Northwest Open championships at the Expo Center. I did stop in Missoula in'75 and played in a place with a German name. They had 5 or 6 Deutcher Meister tables and some good players. I always liked that town. "no guarantee that I will be provided an opportunity to score"? That kind of a challenge would have had me hitch hiking to Billings when I was 19. I wish I could say when I will be traveling through but when I do it's definitely on the priority list. lessons,,, he he