Spearfish Canyon SD

Soiled doves above the saloon.

Wild Bill Hickock was shot to death in this saloon.

Spearfish Falls. A nice hike.

This pine tree smells like butterscotch.

 

Bridelvail falls.

Hey Butch keep an eye out for the delivery.

Yesterday we went to the town of Deadwood and drove through the Spearfish Canyon. Boy was I missing my motorcycle on those curvy mountain roads. The scenery was just awesome and we really enjoyed the drive. The town of Deadwood was an old west town that was thriving back in the 1800's and was real big in mining. It was interesting to go into the old buildings and sit at the old saloon bars. They have manikins setup in the windows upstairs dressed like the soiled doves of yesteryear "prostitutes" that was kind of fun. We decided to take a hike up to Spearfish Falls that was used in the movie "Dances with Wolves" about two miles round trip at 90 degrees. It was a nice hike but we had to stop and rest a few times. There were allot of trout in the river and we could see them as we hiked along the river, and me with no fly rod. We are taking hundreds of pictures but we won't bore you with them all, I will just add a few so you can get an idea of what it is like. Today is a day off and we are going to stick around the Rig and get some chores done. Just after we left Spearfish a bad thunder storm popped up with lots of lighting and hail, boy I am glad we were off that mountain trail with no place to hide. As the storm approached Stugis we lost electricity and I started the generator because it was so hot. The lady in the big RV  next store, her name is Kathy said you can't run generators in this park, when Lynn ask her why she said because we don't have one ha ha.  We are headed to Gillette Wyoming on Sunday so I guess we better clean the old girl up for the Rally the" Motor home that is, not Lynn". Stay safe