Tag Archives: South Dakota
~Spearfish, SD
~Roughlock Falls
in a South Dakota Canyon
on a beautiful mountain trail
the sight and sound of a roaring waterfall
leaves you enchanted

An idyllic setting in a side canyon to Spearfish Canyon makes Roughlock Falls one of the Black Hills most beautiful areas and also one the area’s most-photographed spots. Created by Little Spearfish Creek, the creek flows down a spectacular chasm, then tumbles off a 50-foot limestone ledge in a series of lacy cascades.
Pioneers traveling down the canyon used to lower their wagons down the drop by roughlocking the wheels to prevent them from rolling freely – hence the name of the fall.

~South Dakota Birding Series-Barn Swallow
~June 2021 – Custer State Park, SD
This Barn Swallow greeted us at one of Custer’s Visitor Centers. Of course it didn’t really like us being there, because we were disturbing its nest.
And, that is exactly what this looks means.
~Killdeer
