New Years week 2016 #2 A day at Spearfish Canyon with family

We enjoyed a day at Spearfish Canyon after driving through Spearfish to take a peek at the college where both our daughter and her husband went to BHSU.  

It was a beautiful 40 degree day and the scenery was breath taking as usual. This canyon is one of my very favorite places to visit and snow cover makes it even more beautiful.  
I loved to show our grandchildren some of God's special creation and beauty.

This is Bridal Veil Falls.  
It looks much larger in winter when it is frozen.

Mom poses with her youngest daughter
 with Bridal Veil Falls in the background.

Community Caves Water Fall

Very beautiful snow on the tall spruce evergreens.

One of our favorite restaurant is in Spearfish Canyon.  The Latchstring Inn.  We were all very ready for a nice delicious noontime meal.

I love this picture of our oldest daughter and her husband.  It is hard to believe they have been married over 20 years.  

OH MY, I see a photo bomb!

What a beautiful peaceful setting for this log cabin Latchstring Inn restaurant.  A nice view of the canyon with dripping icicles framing the window.

Very tasty food and extra strong coffee with great flavor.  

Our 5 grandchildren ready to go
 walk off some of that food.  

Papa with the youngest.  Look at those smiles.

Here Papa,  let me help you down this
 slippery snow packed trail.

I don't know about these two,  slip sliding away! 

This is the beautiful Little Spearfish Falls.  It is so pretty with so much frozen ice and frost but still flowing.   There is one more water fall in this canyon but we did not make the mile hike to Roughlock Falls.  The road is closed in winter for snowmobiles so we just enjoyed a nice walk on the lower Latchstring trail. 

It looks cold but was a very pleasant 40 degrees with now wind. 

The little one blazing the trail.  

LOOKING UP!

So we determined 
we had a couple 
"TREE HUGERS". 





Plenty of trees to hug! 
 He looks so serious too! 

Our 18 yr old Granddaughter.
 ( I don't know why this picture got blurred.) 

Our 16 yr old grandson

Our 13 yr old Granddaughter

Our 10 year old Grandson.

And this is our 7 yr old granddaughter. 

I love the fun memories of this special day.
So glad we got a picture with our grandchildren.

Just had to get this cute picture of their
whole family by the falls. 

The five children.

Our beautiful daughter!

One last picture of the falls
 before we head up the trail back to our cars.

"Hey guys, wait for me!"

As I enjoy the beauty of Gods creation, I think of how majestic, how we take this beauty
 for-granted as if we deserve it. 
 This  is all a blessing from our Loving Almighty God as is our every breath. 

Psalm 89: 11            The Heavens are Yours, and Yours also the earth.
                       You founded the world and all that is in it,
                        You created the North and the South. . . . .