Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Ok talked to my gurus for both snowmobiling and x country skiing Skiing here is the report from Winter Park sounds good! Got the freeze we expected and a light dusting of snow. Trails held up well overall under the rain. There are pockets of debris blown off the trees on the interior and classic tracks are going to be... Read more

Excerpt: It hit 40 degrees to day and is freezing at night. There is a smell in the air that says spring and I had to go take a look at the maple trees. We tapped a couple of them a couple of weeks ago when it was warm in Mid February just because I did not want to think... Read more

Excerpt: I got the sad call today that Sig Oberman lost his battle with cancer this week. His wife Heidi lost her battle a little over a year ago and now the Oberman and Voight families sadly loosing another member of their family this week with Sig. They will still gather and enjoy their families Labor Day and Memorial Day... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.mckennapubgrp.com/ My friend Michelle Cozzens has completed her most recent book for anyone that has always wondered if running a resort is for them. Michelle sets it all out, the good the bad and the crazy and even has a few tales from Black's Cliff, namely the reason we are now building an office outside of our house that is... Read more

Excerpt: March is here and our old buddy Cliff decided it was time to peak out of the basement and see if it was warm enough to come out. After last weeks storm he was in no hurry to get out of the basement (and Jenny spent 3 days at a Muskie Expo show this weekend and possibly did not... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qgfx9YbQ4 Enjoy! This video was taken in Boulder Junction last week after the storm. The deer have been easy to spot this week as they have been sticking close to roads to get through the snow that is throwing even them in how to get around... Read more

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