Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I was walking up the driveway yesterday with a load of sheets in my hands and was startled for a moment when I saw a flash of poles come flying around Bayview with a fast pair of walkers Wayne and Nancy Paulson. They are always up to something new keeping up with their grandkids and staying young, but this... Read more

Excerpt: Nothing like Sunrise on Lower Kaubashine in the pines and colors with the early morning light just hitting them End of summer sad deflated inner tube left behind ... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone who has stayed at the resort and tried to track me down know that I spend a lot of time hanging out laundry on my laundry line. You ask why... well look at the view from my laundry line this morning. Believe it or not I find some zen moments out at my laundry line hanging jeans or... Read more

Excerpt: Very windy day on Lower Kaubashine. I snuck over to take a view from the other side of the lake where the wind was howling up my neighbors shore line View looking over at the resort. Still a lot of colors to change, but it is coming fast Can you feel the wind? I had one last Cikowski Family... Read more

Excerpt: Living with a senior during Homecoming week is always interesting.. This morning I came out my front door and knew we had been hit Now, when your buddy lives at a resort you have to get creative... and I really have to give the kids credit for this The Kayak in the tree house was the best touch Jake... Read more

Excerpt: This amazing double rainbow after a storm on Lower Kaubashine was shot by Jimmy Cikowski. Amazing Pic!!! I did nothing in photo shop to enhance it, this is the raw picture he took. Thank you Jimmy for sharing it with all of us. I see a 2013 calendar picture here When not taking Pictures Jimmy spends every moment he... Read more

Excerpt: I can come nowhere near the amazing pictures from yesterday but the colors today are still amazing to watch. Each day there is more and more color. This maple is always on the early side of turning and is across the road from the resort on our 40 The trail in the woods across from the resort starting to... Read more

Excerpt: Peaks of color down at the lake on a warm windy Sunday morning Jimmy and Fritz heading off for some Muskie fishing Sunday morning. Life is good! They are really missing work..... really..... Kip keep the work coming at home, and Jimmy and Fritz will keep the muskie's busy ... Read more

Excerpt: Fall is in the air. I think we had our last 80 degree day for the season this week and the trees are ready to give us a show. The maple by Holiday has been teasing us for weeks Fall means Harleys have arrived for the Fall Ride in Tomahawk for MDA. The resort is rumbling this weekend along... Read more

Excerpt: We will be slowly opening our new office/community building as they guys finish parts of it. The first thing we are opening is our movie rental. I have been slowly building up a selection of movies over the summer and now instead of each cabin having a small pile of movies in it, we will have a nice rack... Read more

Excerpt: I had a different set of pictures planned for today's blog entry but then I realized it was 9 - 11- 12 and throught sometimes it is just nice to remember why we are happy to have peaceful moments on Lower Kaubashine I remember back 11 years ago to dropping Jake off at 1st grade and on the way... Read more

Excerpt: I have to share a picture of the biggest dog that comes to the resort, George. I steer away from most Saint Bernards as they are usually very hard to clean up after between the drool and hair, but his owner Lori convinced me 2 years ago that she was a very careful dog owner when traveling and would... Read more