Sheridan to Havre, Montana

I awoke to a beautiful day, clear, no wind and 49 degrees.  It would be a good day to drive across Montana.  Along the way I saw many Black-billed Magpies, a pair of Sandhill Cranes, lots of Lark Buntings, two Norther Goshawks (both flew within 50 feet of my windshield, many Prong Horn Antelopes (and I forgot to mention seeing similar numbers in Wyoming) and prairie dogs.  This was the shortest days drive, 381 miles and I ended the day in Havre, Montana.  I camped at the local Fairgrounds campsites.  By the time I arrived the weather had changed and it began to rain again.  It was also much cooler than the nice 79 degrees I had experienced on the drive up.  While having lunch I did observe a pair of male Say’s Phoebes apparently having a dispute about whose territory this area belonged to.  This evening I made preparations to cross into Canada in the morning.  Since I am carrying a Remington 3030 I made sure that all my paper work was in order, got my passport and Dulce’s papers ready to present at the border and went to bed early.  Tomorrow I guess I will begin singing Oh Canada, the national anthem of Canada.  So off to bed and get an early start to cross early and get to Cypress Hills Provincial Park early to get a camping spot.  This weekend is Victoria Day, a Canadian national holiday and the first of the camping season.  Canadians after there long winter are always eager to go camping on this holiday weekend, so I expect the campgrounds to be full, even with the rain and cold weather that is predicted for the weekend.