Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: The snow and ice are beautiful. I hope we keep them. There are warm temps next week. As usual, as soon as people leave the cabins the tools come out. The guys are over at Red Pine making a mess for me. New pine walls are going into the dinning room as we slowly remodel Red Pine one room... Read more

Excerpt: The lake has frozen across. Looks like a perfect ice skating rink A couple of chairs forgotten at the beach dreaming of summer on the raft If only it was thick enough to be safe to walk or skate on.... We spent the last couple of afternoons lighting up the trees around the resort This one at Wildflower has... Read more

Excerpt: Driving down the road I did a double take seeing this immature eagle on the ice edge Very happy it stayed for a pic. I heard there were two of them at one time sitting here but I just caught the one Fishing on the waters edge This one makes it look like they are sitting on water Steve... Read more

Excerpt: Each morning the ice creeps across the lake It is slowly getting farther and farther across Troy was at Bear Den and took these pics for me I caught some fishermen fishing just past the ice at sunset. You have to love fishing to be out there at ice time Then again the view is amazing when out on... Read more

Excerpt: Light snow on the bird house today. The weather has definitely changed. Just in time for deer hunting the temps are dipping. Kaubashine and Shamrock with snow on the roof this morning In other news, Red Pine continues to get worked on. The guys are putting the finishing touches on the stairwell. This used to be a root covered... Read more

Excerpt: The first snows of the season are always the prettiest We had a dusting come down. This will melt but for now it is pretty Puts you in the moon for the holidays. We are just about full for Thanksgiving. I have one left waiting for Paul to call and confirm he is coming or not (give me a... Read more

Excerpt: With kids back in school the beach got a lot quieter. I found one person enjoying the beautiful afternoon on the dock. So different than a month ago. Gotta enjoy moments like this I just opened up our summer 2022 calendar through August 27th. We are currently booked starting June 11 until August 19th. Check out our availability page... Read more

Excerpt: I took this picture yesterday and shared it on the Black's Cliff Facebook page. Most of my pictures get 200 to 300 views. For some reason this picture took off and was viewed by over 5600 people and 27 shares. I hope you enjoy it as much as everyone on Facebook yesterday. A warm November day to enjoy the... Read more

Excerpt: We have decided it is time after over 50 years to make a new dock at the beach. So it was time for the last time to take the old white dock out and haul it down to Hilltop to get it out of the lake. This has not been done in over 50 years... How do you get... Read more

Excerpt: It is late fall and the leaves have fallen and time to get some work done before winter Boats are slowly being piled up Coming home from college always means helping getting the storm windows on the house Filling the woodshed. They have worked all summer at pecking away at a pile of wood splitting it and now got... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful sunrise on the lake Loon still hanging out in the mists ... Read more

Excerpt: The lake and the dock are definitely feeling like late fall. Slowly all the chairs are making it up the hill. Just a few left at the beach. Time to get the dock, slide and raft in soon. This might be the final time the white dock is taken out. There are plans for next spring and a new... Read more