Spearfish Canyon Calls
© 2017 Linda Boyle
capo 2: G-C-D /Em-C-D ….
Spearfish Canyon calls.
Calls me to walk its trails
Feel the spray of waterfall
from Roughlock to Bridal Veil
Spearfish Canyon calls.
1 Over 600 million years ago,
covered by a sea
the waters subsided and land formed
carved by Spearfish Creek.
2 Shale and Limestone make
the walls of this deep gorge.
from layers brown, to pink, and buff
where caves and fossils are found.
3 This is the crossroads of flora
from woodlands to Rockies and the Great Plains
Golden and bald eagles and many birds call it home.
Where deer, bobcat, fox, and marmot roam.
4 Aquifers along its trails,
ridin’ bikes past Bridal Veil
Up Buzzards’ Roost we hike,
then into Devil’s Bathtub,
its heavenly waters we slide!
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