My Mom's ranch in Rapelje Montana has had a cool, slightly rainier, summer so far. Range looks good for July! I remember hot dry summers in the 70's and 80's that were gut busters.
If Amtrak is this late, this often, they should put out a new summer schedule that builds a two or three hour delay in. Then switch back in the fall in the hope that the delays would be less frequent.
My cousins' ranch slightly further east (southwest of Molt) is drier than normal, and there were complaints about the hay. Go figure. Good year for buffalo, though, and lots of owls and hawks.
While I'm glad that the diner's air conditioning was fixed, I was a bit perturbed that the 831 sleeper had no hot water. At least the toilets worked -- in St. Paul I heard a coach passenger saying that the toilets in his car had failed.
