Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I heard a metal clinking coming from the direction of Muskie Inn and felt a blog entry coming on and had to check it out. I found the Haas crew gathered around the campfire by Muskie. But where was the metal clinking sound coming from? I found the guys playing a new game I had never seen. Throwing metal... Read more

Excerpt: I think this picture sums up how much snow we got today. We finally got Muskie Inn dug out so guests could arrive today. The Haas's made it in the driveway by noon, reporting the roads in good shape til they got to the side roads and then got to our unplowed resort. Jim decided to take his chances... Read more

Excerpt: Wow is all I can say as to how much snow we got. This is a plastic snow flake that hangs by my front door. It is totally encrusted with snow. I stepped out my front door and the snow came all the way up our door stop Front of our hose buried in snow. We have 2 cabins... Read more

Excerpt: I am going to blame today's issues with Mack to his trama yesterday from Steve. Steve came in at lunch and turned on the radio in our house that uses the speaker system in the whole house. We do not do this very often and I think Mack thought that voices from the pits of hell were haunting him around... Read more

Excerpt: There is snow outside and 9 - 15 inches coming tomorrow into Wednesday.. So time to go into the picture file and do some dreaming of a few months from now. Enjoy drifting on Lower Kaubashine this morning Summer is not far away... Read more

Excerpt: One of our most creative guests, Yolanda Lennart, visited the resort this week. Yolanda is always making something. This time Mack was the recipient of a wonderful "Greeter" scarf that Yolanda made. Mack has never been decorated before besides some jingle bells at Christmas and he was not to sure about it. In the end I think he was... Read more

Excerpt: http://record-eagle.com/features/x1083697203/Minocqua-one-of-Midwests-gems This link will lead you to a great article about skiing in Minocqua during the winter... Read more

Excerpt: What do you do when the winter is long... Finish all the little things the boss asked for, before leaving for Arizona. Top of the list finding out what all the circuits do in the back of Wigwam and making sure they are labeled correctly. Troy and Steve yelling through the wall at one another as Steve shut off... Read more

Excerpt: I have had a few phone calls from folks wanting to know how much snow we have. I think this pic down the side walk is pretty accurate. I was going to take a picture of the Bearskin Trail this morning but I was drinking my coffee and blew right past it and forgot to. Snowmobile trails are open... Read more

Excerpt: This was the view out of Wigwam this morning with big flakes coming down. It looks like Winter is making quite a come back this week with snow coming and going and a bigger storm talked about Sunday into Monday Looking very wintery yet around the resort WHile I was busy cleaning cabins the guys were finishing the carpeting... Read more

Excerpt: The sun came up... the snow is here.... more is on the way.... and at this time of winter we start to feel like this stump.. no other inspiring pictures were coming this morning. Instead, I have been working on my family album for last fall on Walgreens. Each season I publish a new album of current pictures and... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ There are a few things that get us through the end of the winter. For Troy one of his pass times is watching and identifying birds. The Great American Back Yard Bird Count is going on this weekend. I put the link to it above. For 4 days you go outside for 15 minutes and count the birds... Read more