Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: With some cooler nights some of the trees in the resort are giving a hint of fall colors. This is a maple by Shamrock's garbage can As I was loading these pictures on my computer from my Cannon XSI I realized that in 2.5 years I have taken 10,003 pictures with my Cannon as the camera reset itself back... Read more

Excerpt: It was a high of 64 today and the camera was not inspired so I grabbed this one from a few years ago and thought I would share our new video that is coming to our new website in a few weeks Hats off to everyone in the last week of July who helped out putting up with being... Read more

Excerpt: Does anyone have a good caption for Mack the non swimming golden retriever gazing at a duck in the swimming area. What is going on in his head?... Read more

Excerpt: My meandering photos from yesterday were quite popular so here is a 2nd batch taken from Kaubashine's pier Sea Gull posing for me I ran into a Grandson and Grandpa moment. Dan Kohler teaching his grandson Austin the finer points of casting. While we were taking this picture a bunch of bass jumped out of the water right in... Read more

Excerpt: Looking for new pictures to take today I headed off meandering around the resort with my camera and came up with a few nice ones The Ellis family staying in Birchwood looking ready to enjoy a week at the cabin biking and kayaking I always hear from folks how surprised they are at how clear the lake is, something... Read more

Excerpt: Family reunion of the Black Family always occurs in August when the East coast Black's come for a visit. Nothing makes a family reunion like a little war between the family using row boats. Boat Wars 2012 commenced. Dave Black Junior with Grant and Katie's son Conner in the closest boat vs. Steve and Katie's twins of terror Max... Read more

Excerpt: After spending a frustrating summer using our old internet system which consisted of an air card plugged into a router. It was time to make a change. Up to this point the air card using the cell phone towers has worked well. Until this summer.... my theory is too many smart phones in the area using the cell phone... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful cool day in the Northwoods. We barely hit the 70 mark and nobody was complaining. Perfect weather after the summer heat and humidity Good time to get started black berry picking. Berry pickers do not share their secret spots and I am no exception. Part of the fun is finding a trail and returning each year to pick... Read more

Excerpt: Sign of a good vacation. Barbie Mermaid looks relaxed after a week at the beach Last afternoon for brothers to share a beer and some sun on the dock Last afternoon for a grandpa to spend with the cutest grandchild Time to catch the final fish of vacation Time to put the Thompson family beer float back into storage... Read more

Excerpt: I have tried to explain to many people why Lake Superior is worth the hour - hour and a half drive to experience from the resort. I hope this picture comes close to explaining it. Peace quiet and waves. It is hypnotic and uncrowded beaches. This was at Saxon Harbor a favorite haunt of ours in the summer The... Read more

Excerpt: Ben and Conner decided to do a 7am swim and this is the scene that greeted them. Ben knew that to get credit for a 7am swim we would need photographic evidence so he grabbed my camera and remembered to take the SD card out of the computer and insert it in the camera before going to the lake... Read more

Excerpt: Summer means time to head to Hilltop for a little volleyball action Our secret weapon.... Paul... Paul takes on a whole other demeanor when competition starts. Such intensity has not been seen since he tried to position the raft many years ago.... lets hope the volleyball game turns out better than the raft incident Such action and talent... does... Read more