Black's Cliff Blog "2017" Blog Entries

Excerpt: Jake used to ice fish with his grandpa Gibson who we lost this year. Jake misses his time with Grandpa on the ice and set out to start a few new traditions and headed to tackle shop to add to the ice fishing supplies his grandpa left him and headed out to the ice First things first, getting a... Read more

Excerpt: Troy was out at the woodshed and saw a rabbit fly out of the shed. Right behind it was a flash of white. Look close at the bottom of the wood pile for the white ermine in the picture. The rabbit was not going to be dinner to the ermine The ermine was neat to see. I just know... Read more

Excerpt: Its been cold out and lots of snow. The lake should be good for ice skating right? Ummm not so much. The problem in this picture for an ice rink on the lake is the heavy snow pack. It insulates the ice making a slushy wet layer between the ice and the snow. Skating through slush is not fun..... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is slowly piling up and the cold temps have hit the Northwoods. Our first Christmas families have started to arrive It is looking more and more like Christmas around the resort For anyone coming up in the next 2 weeks we partnered up with a local farmer who has Berkshire Pigs in Hazelhurst who raises them and... Read more

Excerpt: Mack's snow report this morning Snow was slowly adding up and now with 5 inches of snow coming in last night and today it is time to enjoy the snow For some of us enjoying the snow means shoveling off the gator and plowing Don't let him fool you that he only works in the snow. He is known... Read more

Excerpt: Snow is starting too fly in the Northwoods. We look to have a slow and steady build up of the white stuff before Christmas. 2 inches is coming down tonight with more on the way No it is not fireworks. I pointed my iPhone up to the falling snow to see what it would catch Right now we do... Read more

Excerpt: Guy have been busy out in the woods with the warm temps we had. I followed the truck in to see what they were up to Steve and Troy have been trail blazing. They decided to make an extension to our red trail. The Valley of Darkness was their destination for the trail. Following Steve between the trees The... Read more

Excerpt: The dogs and I took a walk in the woods to see what Troy and Steve were up to with chain saws. The woodpile has been growing by the wood shed with what they are up to We ran into Steve first who was looking up and analyzing the look of his new trail at the back of our... Read more

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Excerpt: Ice and snow have arrived in the Northwoods. Each morning the ice reaches a little farther across the lake Mack would like to lodge a complaint that it is too cold to go pee outside in the morning and nobody has made bacon in a week for him. He is very sad... Things look up for him today with... Read more

Excerpt: It was cold and crisp out to start the week. The leaves are now all down. The snow melted and it was time to get the resort cleaned up before more snows arrive The views off the hill while leaf blowing where spectacular today Blowing leaves down the stairway In other news, I ran into a 4th sock machine... Read more