Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Sunset on Lower Kaubashine in the cold... did I mention cold? I have no idea the temp at the time but it was cold... I had warm socks on.... where did these amazing warm socks come from.... oh I know Mack running to stay warm Snow is getting deep on the lake Is it time to go in yet... Read more

Excerpt: If you were 12 - 14 and had to get back and forth to school what would be your choice of travel. Yellow School bus on the right or kick ass snowmobile on the left with your buddies tearing up the trail with your books in your backpack. I do not need to tell you what is the most... Read more

Excerpt: I took some walks around the resort at night as well as during the day. At night we still have our trees lit up and it is nice to walk through and see the trees More new snow came down and it is starting to really pile up around the place ... Read more

Excerpt: Happy to let everyone know the one eyed bandit in Arizona is doing well. Craig had retina surgery for a torn retina this week. I will leave out the gory details but will advise everyone that it is not a surgery you want to volunteer for. I am praying my retina stays intact. The doc says all looks well... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is getting deeper and deeper. I figured all the kids looking forward to swinging on the horse swings this summer would like this picture. These old swings have been remade many, many times and originate from the 40's or 50's. Steve made the latest pair a few years ago, copying from the old pattern. How many generations... Read more

Excerpt: We have had an 80 degree temperature swing this week from - 50 wind chill to a balmy 30 degrees today. Fresh snow came down last night and it is a beautiful warm day to be out enjoying it After a burst water pipe in our basement, frozen septic line in Bayview, frozen water line in Restwhile and all... Read more

Excerpt: Lower Kaubashine at -22 this morning. School was back on after 2 days off with windchills going down to - 50. Minus 22 this morning was cold but nothing like the - 50 wind chill from the last few days. Cars started and off to school everyone went Burrrr...... raft and boats under the snow somewhere. Only casualty of... Read more

Excerpt: We had warmer temps for one afternoon this weekend and we decided to take advantage of it and head out on a ski trail. Schlecht Lake trail is 5 minutes from the resort on the way into Minocqua just before Settler's Mill golf. The trails in yellow on the map are lit at night during the ski season and... Read more

Excerpt: Temps last night went down into the mid -20's to 30 below with a windchill of - 50. I get asked what is the coldest temp we have ever seen. That would be about 16 years ago when it was an actual temp of - 40 not counting the wind chill. - 40 is an important temp we learned... Read more

Excerpt: We have had a break in the cold for yesterday and today and fresh snow fell last night. The Gregory crew were not wasting anytime to get out on the trails and enjoy the relative heat wave we are having at a balmy 20 degrees. We are headed back into the deep freeze along with the rest of the... Read more

Excerpt: Time to go snowshoeing. We figured if we were sending so many folks down the trail we had better get out and snowshoe it ourselves, so down the trail we went You find our very quickly that having snowshoes with grippers on is a good thing coming down a hill Down the trail we go with a golden retriever... Read more

Excerpt: The snow has been falling and the cold has been blowing. We have had a couple of day reprieve from the cold temps for folks to get outside and play in the snow and ice Snowshoes have been the name of the game this week with many folks going out to enjoy our blue trail through the woods Snowshoeing... Read more