Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Color peaking through at Bear Den View from Red Pine on a quiet afternoon Less people means time for projects Red Pine is getting some stone walk ways around the house The reason for not a lot of blog entries this weekend was we took Jake back for year 2 at Lawrence University. Good luck Jake study hard of... Read more

Excerpt: We received yet another 2 inches of rain and the lake is on the rise again. It is now a high or higher than it was this summer and ready to go over the dock Beach wall barely keeping the water at bay. Thankfully no big ski boats are out on the lake bringing in waves The little blue... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I had not been out to Kitty Springs in awhile and decided to head down the trail and see if we had any storm damage or trees down. The top of the big hill half way to Kitty Springs is my favorite outlook with the big towering Red and White Pines along the trail Still a lot... Read more

Excerpt: I had a beautiful set of sunset pictures shared by Brent Geilenfeldt. He was out ice fishing and caught these Beautiful thanks for sharing Brent! I need to check with him to hear what was biting We had some beautiful fresh snow fall Wednesday morning. Right now we are booked out Friday and Saturday this weekend and next. We... Read more

Excerpt: Labor Day Weekend fun, the Oster and Ament families were up enjoying the lake and the last beach days. They would like everyone else the last week of July to know they were missed and a toast was given to them on the white dock. There are a lot of days clocked by this group. To many years to... Read more

Excerpt: I stopped by Shamrock to find the Peissig family having a carving lesson. I see lots of groups whittling sticks around the campfire and what this family was doing gave whittling a whole new dimension Don showing off some of his great creations. Wonderful work! This was their first of hopefully many trips to the resort Dan and Kaitlin... Read more

Excerpt: Our local loon family was active this morning off of Kaubashine's dock area. The loons pair and the baby were fishing. Enjoy the pics. The baby is still in gray plumage Do we really need to migrate to the Gulf of Mexico? Winter can't be too hard here...... Read more

Excerpt: I was biking down the Bearskin trail last night and noticed a splash of color on the trail amongst all the green Brilliant reds giving a hint of fall around the corner I found this old pictures of the playground before it was a real playground. Thought a few would get a kick out of it Fall is still... Read more

Excerpt: Mark Jepson asked me last week if he could use his metal detector in the swimming area. We had no idea what he would find. Mark found there is a lot of stuff that has dropped in the lake over the years Showing off his metal detector that is his hobby in his spare time Some of the treasure... Read more

Excerpt: The picture above is of the Sweet Family taken a number of years ago in front of Bayview "their" cabin. The Sweet Family this summer marked their 27th year at the resort. It was one of the hardest years for the family as they lost Dick this year from a battle with Melanoma. Judy wondered about returning to the... Read more

Excerpt: These loon pics were shared to me my the Rotter family who was up for the first time last week. They caught these amazing pics of our loon family on Lower Kaubashine. Thanks to them for sharing, the pictures are amazing I had a cancelation on Craig's 2bdr Blackwood for August 23 - Labor Day if anyone is interested I... Read more

Excerpt: Atchison caught this great bass on the lake this week. I also heard he released it and it has been hanging out under the white swimming dock. Nice fish! Other people not on vacation this week have been busy working on the wood pile getting the winter wood in the shed. Never say there is nothing to do at... Read more