I'd live there in a heartbeat if there was work. I get all nostalgic whenever I see the old farm. It's beautiful here in Utah, but Western Montana is incomparable.
Flathead county is booming, don't know what you do for a living but there is work here. Freepmail and I could keep an eye out for you, jobwise. I check Job Service a lot. Can't have too many conservatives moving here. Californians moving here and they are bringing their ways with them.