July 8,2008 D.C Booth fish hatchery

Today our journey starts at D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery. This hatchery goes back to 1899 and and the grounds are beautiful. Here are some of the salmon they raise. The fish car was one of the first railroad cars to transport fish across the country.A crew of 5 would live on the car and deliver fish for stocking and other uses.This is a recreation of that car. Here's what the inside of the fish car looks like.

The Booth's moved into this house on the grounds in 1905. They have daily tours of the home and several rv volunteers that stay there do different jobs at the hatchery. It's a beautiful setting and you can spend alot of time there. Next we're off to Spearfish Canyon.

Spearfish Canyon is a beautiful 19 mile drive past waterfalls and canyons. This is definately a drive to take. One of the falls along the way is Bridal Veil falls.

We stopped here for our picnic lunch. It was overcast and we had some showers but what a beautiful setting.

This is a nice picnic area and you can walk down to Roughneck Falls along Spearfish Canyon.

Some of the beauty of the canyon.

Next stop is Deadwood,S.D.

We walked around town and went into Saloon #10 where they will be having a recreation of the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. Our friend George will be playing the bartender.

Death of Wild Bill

Wild Bill,Janice and George.

Wild Bill and me.
Well it's been a fun day but we're tired and ready to call it a day.Tomorrow it's on to Rapid City.