Spearfish Falls, SD

30 Aug 06 – Driving on down US 14A you reach a Lodge/Restaurant where there has been an ‘Inn’ for some 100 years. The original building deteriorated too much to be rebuilt so a new building was built of Ponderosa Pine cut locally. It is now a visitor’s center and restaurant. An easy walk of ¾ mile takes you to Spearfish Falls. Photos are along the road, at the falls and the hills surrounding the river at this point. Signs describing the vegetation along the walk were appreciated. It was the first time I remember seeing birch and aspen in the same locality and the 200 year old Ponderosa Pine were straight and tall!