Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: It has been a rainy Memorial Day Weekend. We held off on putting a few boats in due to not wanting to bail them out. Ready to slip down the hill My delivery of maple syrup came this weekend with the Jacque boys. They make syrup with their mom and dad and I buy it from them. How can... Read more

Excerpt: With fresh rain the resort is green and shinny with new buds popping up everywhere. We are ready for Memorial Day Weekend The Lillies of the Valley are in full bloom and the wind coming off the hillside is amazing with the smell Craig and Lynnette took a trip up to Lake Superior before the weekend and stopped in... Read more

Excerpt: Unless you were a 24 inch fat northern, it was a great weekend to be at the resort. The fishing was hot. I have several groups sending me their fishing pictures. All the fish were headed to the spawning beds from bluegills, bass, northerns to crappie. The elusive muskie was not far behind but I did not hear of... Read more

Excerpt: I had to share Craig's new improvement to our dock. He installed a 9 foot bench. I think the dock has a lot more leg room and the ability for folks to sit and talk better. This will be the new hang out this summer. The bench needs a coat of stain but other than that it is ready... Read more

Excerpt: Craig standing on his masterpiece Steve wrote a diddy for the day "Make a reservation to see the new dock in town, it is warm and has a sunny attitude and excellent lakeside manor" So in the spirit of Steve's inspiration I am offering a special this weekend. We have 4 cabins left, Wigwam, Holiday, Red Pine and Blackwood... Read more

Excerpt: Absolutely beautiful this morning and warming up after a cold weekend. Hopefully we have turned the corner on the cold stuff The Lilies of the Valley are popping out. They will be blooming soon with that amazing smell wafting off the hill Troy and I took a walk down our trail across the road from the resort. I wanted... Read more

Excerpt: The guys with Craig as the designer and master planner have been busy rebuilding out big swimming dock Here is the beginning of it Is it level? No idea but the lake is still cold First pallet going on Opps time for the saw, needs a little trimming I love it when a plan comes together. Many hours thinking... Read more

Excerpt: Many guests have taken the time to do the Northwoods Zip Line in Minocqua. The Ament family had not done it yet but it was on Jaimie's Mother's Day bucket list of things to do with the family. Charlie and Noah were ready to go with mom. Nathan and Jamie had zip lined in Mexico and wanted to do... Read more

Excerpt: First for the pretty picture of the day. Katie, my sister, took this picture of Clear Lake in Woodruff on the Raven Trail. If you have not hiked the Raven Trail or stopped at the Clear Lake beach you are missing something. I wish our beach was like the Clear Lake Beach. Kudos to Katie for the great picture... Read more

Excerpt: The sun finally came out today after quite a few days of rain. While it was raining we finally had time to finish off our maple syrup. We came out with our biggest year of about 6 gallons of syrup. At 32 to 1 ratio that is a lot of buckets of sap boiled down. Finally all the cabin... Read more

Excerpt: There is definitely something missing as you drive through our gate... It will look like this for a few weeks before it goes back together repainted The new poles for the triangle. The old ones had rotted through. Steve made sure these were completely dry before staining. The Raccoon in the middle is getting an overhaul and facelift before... Read more