Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Mack and I took a selfie out shoveling the snow as freezing rain came down. It is cold out side. Troy is off for a couple of days visiting his parents and left the shovel. Little did we know when he left how much snow was going to come down with freezing rain. Mach was loving being in the... Read more

Excerpt: We had quit the blanket of snow come down last night and more expected the next 2 days. My little car struggled to get Grant to school today and had to be pushed out on to Hwy 51 by Moto Mart. It is time to put the plow on the truck. As you can see in the foreground the... Read more

Excerpt: It is Monday morning and time to go back to work even though most of us feel like this boat The lake is frozen over I have seen folks out walking around on it but I prefer to wait and burn a few logs on the fire. Since it is cyber Monday I thought I would post the remaining... Read more

Excerpt: Deer Camp 2013 arrived at the resort. We have several groups of hunters over the week that hunt our 100 acres of hunting land along the road. There was a lot of snow and cold to welcome the hunters and deer tracks but opening weekend skunked them, but lots of fun was had by all Lots of fun was... Read more

Excerpt: Lower Kaubashine this morning Boats looking like they are sleeping for winter Nope still not a fan of ice. Staying at the top of the steps For anyone coming up this winter we are getting into the snow shoe rental business. We will have 6 pair of snow shoes to rent out for 15/day. With our new trails across... Read more

Excerpt: Snow arrived over night and combined with fog this morning for some great pics at the lake. You do not see open water, fog and snowy trees very often View going out the gate of snow in the pines. Snow might be here to stay ... Read more

Excerpt: I have been hinting for a couple of months about one of our docks becoming famous. In August we were asked if we had a old rustic dock with a good view for a photo shoot for the cover of The Minocqua Chamber of Commerce visitors book. The photographer models and dog came out at 5:30 am in August... Read more

Excerpt: Sunrise this morning. New snow came down last night Hard to tell in this picture but snow is coming down on the lake Definitely looking like the snow is staying for now Time to start thinking about getting the plow on the truck.... then again much more fun to try to do it after and 8 inch snow and... Read more

Excerpt: We had our first snow fall that stuck to the ground last night. I am sure this will melt but it has us thinking about winter and buttoning up the last things that need to be made ready. Like 5 boats still in the water and a few docks.... these would not be in my job description Wigwam in... Read more

Excerpt: Notice a few things missing..... Taking the last of the water front out and not real happy about getting in the water A 9 - 5 desk job is looking good right now.... there is no immersion into 32 degree water in the job description Loon stopping by to see what was going on. The loon is showing its... Read more

Excerpt: What could it be sticking its head out of the murky depths of Lower Kaubashine... could it be Nessie come from a visit from Scotland The picture gets more interesting.... call everyone to the lake Nessie is here! What is she talking about... a monster in the lake! Run for it! Hold on was she talking about you Ed... Read more

Excerpt: Last year Jack and Katie shared their vacation pics with me which I shared on the blog. This year they did the same sharing their vacation experience through pics. It is always nice to have a different perspective and from the eye of Jack behind the camera for most of the pics, this is what he saw. This year... Read more