Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: We are hoping this is the last cool and rainy day for awhile and summer gets started. I see 70's in the forecast for the weekend and next week. Time to get the party started and fill up my last summer openings! Here are a few things we are putting on special to get filled up and a cancelation... Read more

Excerpt: Caitlin caught her very first muskie this week a nice 37 incher Congrats to her and the rest of the Geilenfeldt families who are up celebrating Grandma and Grandpa's 50 anniversary... Read more

Excerpt: Congrats to Jake. He graduated from Lakeland High this weekend with honors, and is off to Lawrence University in Appleton this fall. Mom and Dad are proud of you, now it is back to work cleaning boats and picking up garbage for the summer I did it! Our first party at the new office building. Here is to many... Read more

Excerpt: A Good Old Bike There is just something comforting about arriving at the same place for 35 years with the same bike on the back of your vehicle This bike which has seen more miles on the Bearskin Trail than anyother This bike which there really is nothing wrong with This bike which was a hand me down from... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a fun weekend at the resort. Lots of fish stories to tell, but this was the only one I caught on camera. Nice Walleye taken by the Klingle Family It was a great weekend to sit in the yard and watch the kids play ghost in the graveyard, tag and anything else they could come up... Read more

Excerpt: 3 day weekends = lots of time like this And lots of time like this Love 3 day weekends!... Read more

Excerpt: It is a muggy damp spring morning at the resort and you can feel spring in the air. Things are popping out of all the gardens. The garden area at Birchwood has all sorts of things popping through the ground from ferns to wildflowers Lilies of the Valley are just starting to branch out and should be blooming soon... Read more

Excerpt: It was time to get the big white dock in this weekend. This is the first time it has launched with out Craig to over see. Troy and Steve managed to get all in You wondered why there are holes in the dock? While the dock was going in, lots of painting was getting done at the top of... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful afternoon to finally get some docks in the water. This is the first time Troy and Steve have not had Craig around directing the action from the beach. They tried some new techniques to get it in, requiring only 2 lifters and one camera operator. The camera operator objects to leaky wadders and lifting heavy... Read more

Excerpt: Stopped down at Red Pine to see what was going on and could not resist taking a seat for a minute to soak up some sun and the view off the dock The guys have been finishing up the new stairway at Red Pine. We are abandoning the old steep stairway for this new one which is much easier... Read more

Excerpt: Lower Kaubashine ice free this morning. Loons have been spotted, just not with my camera We have a 45 plus inch Muskie that has staked out the shallows of the swimming area as its spawning site. Every time you go down the steps you can spot him cruising through. He was eyeing up floating Cliff the other day as... Read more

Excerpt: Kip Cikowski who guessed May 5th, but today was the day May 6th. The next closest guess was Charlie Cikowski, Kip's relative. Maybe Kip will take Charlie out to lunch with the winnings for the 2 of them to enjoy being one of the few braves souls to make guesses in May Time to pull Cliff out of the... Read more