Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Couple of weeks ago Troy and I got the itch to plant some apple trees. This was brought on by a sale at Stoney Creek for 40 percent off trees. We spent an afternoon planting and protecting them with fence.. It worked for a week.. and then... The tree mangler arrived. One of my trees was decimated limbs ripped... Read more

Excerpt: Biker Weekend. It was the Tomahawk Rally in Tomahawks this weekend for MDA. Thousands and Thousands of bikes take over the roads and side roads for the weekend as the Northwoods rumbled. We had about 30 bikes in the resort mixed in with everyone else. 9 of those bikes were at Muskie Inn. Lots of good times were had... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski family shared a few of their photos with me this week. They never fail to catch a few muskies. Al landed this 34 incher and had the scares on his hands to prove it. Jimmy caught a 24 incher but I could not get that picture to upload. There best pictures are not of fish this time... Read more

Excerpt: With snow crystal sleet coming down, Jimmy and Al were making dinner. Could not believe we all saw crystals in the sleet, but it sure was cold, but dinner looked good Someone else was not leaving Kaubashine anytime soon snow/sleet or no snow/sleet... Read more

Excerpt: For those of you that need a new screen saver the lake mists were back this morning Hey Paul Zaremba I thought of you when I took these pictures ... Read more

Excerpt: What is Steve up to lately... he has been recruited to the cleaning crew and cleaning a few to many bathrooms. Today was the first break in cleaning for awhile and I think he had been sniffing a bit to much toilet cleaner. There was a gleam in his eye as he escaped bathroom duty and took on this... Read more

Excerpt: Bluegills that swallow the hook become dinner I found Mike and Ruth enjoying the warm temps and filleting a few fish that could not be released. Mike had his handy dandy electric knife making quick fillets Nothing like a electric knife to make life easier in filleting little bluegills Ruth was doing her part cutting out the stomach and... Read more

Excerpt: The correct answer to the number of logger cords delivered to the resort on the big truck was 15 logger cords. How much does a logger cord cost that would be 75 dollars a cord for popple it is more for pine and hardwood So the winners are a tie between Steve and Don. Send me your addresses to my... Read more

Excerpt: We remember dropping Jake off for 1st grade and on the way home hearing on the radio that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Arriving home to a quiet resort filled with people who had not turned on their TV's that morning and were sleeping in. Walking in to see New York on... Read more

Excerpt: So far I have 4 entries. I will wait til Monday at noon to announce the winner. So make your guess by then to get a chance to win. See the entry from Saturday for details and get your entry in the comment section... Read more

Excerpt: We had small hole in our wood supply open up, just enough for a truck load of wood. Double trailer of popple. Enough to keep Ted and Mark busy for awhile although the size of the wood is a little small, no wood splitter needed, one smack on the maul ought to do it Unloaded very quickly. Here is... Read more

Excerpt: If you are going to turn 50 (we all have to, no turning back) how to do it? If you are like Mike you head to the Northwoods and have a perfect day. You start it out with a homemade card from your wife, a lick from the dog and a trip to Paul Bunyans to be serenaded by... Read more