Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Breezy warm 80 degree morning looking out off the hill. It would be a beautiful day to sit at the beach.... if I did not have a cabin to clean... but what a view The raft this morning bobbing in the sparkles and waves just waiting for someone to jump on it Sand Castles with acorn decorations, love them... Read more

Excerpt: Craig lost his best friend last night to Parkinson's. Over the past year Craig has been gone from the resort helping his friend Pat in his final year and his wife Rose. Pat Wilcox and Craig met when they were kids at the resort and were best friends since the time they met. Pat would have been 65 in... Read more

Excerpt: I snuck down to the lake for some scenes from sunset, playing around with my camera. I liked the red effect in the water from sunset on the raft Decided to play with my tripod and no flash and got this cool pic of Muskie Inn with the lights on. I took 10 pictures to catch this one. Coming... Read more

Excerpt: I stay away from politics on the blog but those who know us know our views.. but this I could not resist With Conventions and lots of politics this week I had to laugh when I ran into this button cleaning Holiday. Grace has my vote.. I expect through her life to see lots of buttons like this as... Read more

Excerpt: Had to do a shout out to Eileen Wasson Happy Birthday today. This picture was taken last week when Eileen was at the resort skiing at 78 years old and 360 days. Today she is officially 79 and enjoyed her 66 summer on Lower Kaubashine. Hats off to you Eileen and we all hope we can follow your example... Read more

Excerpt: These amazing photographs taken at night where shared with me by the Wieherfoeft family. Kudos to Bob for taking the time to get these amazing pictures and sharing them with me and the blog Makes me want to get my tripod out and go take some pics From everyone in blog land thank you Bob!!... Read more

Excerpt: Cleaning out my purse this morning I discovered a few things I had been meaning to post that I picked up in the last week. So from the bottom of my purse to you, the new ATV trail map for Minocqua. In July the town board of Minocqua decided to open a few remote roads 11.5 milesfor use of... Read more

Excerpt: Meanderings Around the Resort.... Mack would like everyone to know that is code word for knowing it is time to put up a blog entry and no pictures on the camera.... head out the door with the dog and the camera and see what we can find from treats for Mack to treats for the camera.. and time to... Read more

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