Sorry-I guess I shouldn't have installed so many of those crappy new light bulbs

Snow in July? A Mixed Blessing in the Northern Rockies - NYTimes.com

ST. MARY, Mont. — With diesel smoke and white powder flying, heavy equipment operators worked furiously to remove enough snow to open the Going-to-the-Sun road, which connects the two sides of Glacier National Park and is usually open by the first week of June.

But huge amounts of snow still blanket the Northern Rockies high country, in part because of record snowfalls in Montana this year, so the opening will not take place until Wednesday, the latest on record by a day, except for World War II when the road was not plowed at all.

The delayed opening has been a blow to this town, at the east entrance to the park, and to West Glacier, the opposite gateway. Both depend on gasoline sales, restaurant checks and other income from tourists who drive Going-to-the-Sun, the 52-mile scenic road that winds through the heart of these glacier-etched mountains.

“A day’s worth of work for us is a million dollars worth of commerce for the gateway communities,” said Jim Foster, deputy facilities manager at the park, as a bighorn sheep scampered across the road. “We’re aware of that.”