Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog
Welcome to the Black's Cliff Resort Blog! Here, we share stories from our lakeside retreat, highlight seasonal events, and offer glimpses into the serene life of Northern Wisconsin's Northwoods. Whether you're planning your next getaway or reminiscing about past visits, our blog provides a window into the experiences that make our resort a cherished destination.
Memorial Stones
Posted: Aug 06, 2011Excerpt: The last few years I have been asked about doing memorials at the resort for guests who have passed. The resort becomes a place families have such a connection to that folks have wanted to have a memento of their relatives who spent some of their best days with their family at the resort. Aldo Leopold wrote once about... Read more
Sky Chair
Posted: Aug 06, 2011
Excerpt: One of our favorite things of summer is hanging up our sky chairs on the deck. We don't have swinging beds in our house and the sky chair is our answer to swinging. Our kids fight over the one chair so this week we added a 2nd sky chair to our deck. 20 years ago we bought our original... Read more
Last minute opening
Posted: Aug 04, 2011Excerpt: This weekend we have a last minute opening for Eagles Nest Saturday and Sunday. If you are interested in a last minute quick get away give a call... Read more
Sun Comes Out
Posted: Aug 03, 2011Excerpt: After two days of clouds and rain.. rain.. rain you appreciate the sun when it comes out Time to head up the steps and see what the day will bring... Read more
Art Festival This Weekend
Posted: Aug 02, 2011Excerpt: http://www.dillmans.com/dcaf/2011/niijii.html Check out the link above if you are going to be in the area this weekend. Looks like fun and good food!... Read more
Oh Baby!
Posted: Aug 01, 2011Excerpt: Last year all 3 of these ladies had one thing in common they were all pregnant and due in January. Little did they know that all 3 would have babies in less than one week. I have named this week baby week. Everywhere you go you see babies and being 7 months old they are cute as a button... Read more
Goings On
Posted: Jul 31, 2011Excerpt: Lots going on at the resort as usual. Lots of fishing and lots of crappies. Thankfully no bear sitings. We are being very careful cleaning fish remains in freezers only put in the dumpster day before it is picked up. So far so good! The old red boat got a fresh paint job from Grant. He is home till... Read more
A little batty
Posted: Jul 29, 2011Excerpt: It is the Northwoods and once in awhile visitors enter that we would rather not have. It never fails once a summer or so, someone comes running "There is a Bat in my cabin!" Well this time the joke was on me. I enter our house to see my husband with a net armed in the livingroom yelling at... Read more
Howard's 80th Birthday
Posted: Jul 28, 2011Excerpt: A couple of people at the resort heard it was Howard Berchtold's 80th birthday.. word spread.. I don't know how... Julie might have had something to do with it. In the end we had I believe everyone at the resort plus a few gather on the playground. Assembling for the picture alone was entertaining Our intrepid photographer Yi-Ping setting... Read more
Recap of the last 4 days
Posted: Jul 27, 2011Excerpt: What has been going on for the last 4 days of no entries... Well my computer is finally fixed and the disks removed from the disk drive 45 dollars later. Much better than taking a chance with a butter knife in my disk drive Steph was having deep thoughts and much consideration to the new beach chairs or the good... Read more
Fishy fishy fishy
Posted: Jul 27, 2011Excerpt: To some this is the ideal vacation a bobber a worm... sitting on the pier without a care in the world. Jess definitely fits this mold Then along comes Jimmy.. So what are you catching.... anything big in there... Jess's response "it is not the size of the fish but it is sitting on the dock see if you... Read more
Technical Difficulties
Posted: Jul 24, 2011Excerpt: We will be off line til Monday. Some unnamed person stuck 2 disks in my Mac Book Pro and the computer drive keeps trying to kick them out. Until I get them on on Monday I am not spending time on the computer because the drive keeps running. So today I will stock pile pics for Monday. The idea of... Read more