Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend one the lake The community room was hoping with teenagers playing games til 11 pm. We were given a beautiful gift by Ruth Grady when she arrived. Ruth spent part of her winter making us a 25 year anniversary quilt. We loved it! We have the best guests who become not just guests but... Read more

Excerpt: Mack would like to know what happened to his safe water free beach last night. He is very confused Yesterday the beach wall was nice and safe and today after the storms of the last 2 days the beach has been invaded by water Wondering where exactly the drop off is and where those darn blue gills are that... Read more

Excerpt: The party was here this weekend. The Jung family descended on the resort for their annual birthday weekend. There is someone in the family that is always celebrating a birthday that ends in a 0 or a 5. They have decided that each year they are getting together no matter what and celebrating whoever is the 0 or ... Read more

Excerpt: The Jung family was up at the resort with a Christmas theme this year. I never wonder if this family is having a good time. I hear next year the theme is Cinco De Mayo Happy to see families having fun. That is what the resort is all about! While they were having fun our family was busy getting... Read more

Excerpt: Been off the blog for awhile due to the space bar on my computer deciding to quite working. I managed to keep my emails checked on my iPad but the blog did not happen til today when my computer came back. So peaceful pictures are the theme today Green chair at the lake is what we all need Swing... Read more

Excerpt: Spring is springing around the resort. Snow is all gone and it is slowly starting to look green here and there Spring clean up of leaves has been in the last week and we are slowly shaking the shaggy leafy look of early spring The Day Lillies sprouting up in front of Birchwood Chives I planted in Birchwood garden... Read more

Excerpt: For the 2nd morning in a row we woke up to no electricity. Sunday night we had 70 degrees and a big wind storm go through which knocked out the power and last night 6 plus inches of heavy wet snow and yet again no power. This is a sight that makes you pull the covers up in April... Read more

Excerpt: Steve arrived at the resort with 2 of his winter projects that he finished. This canoe is a 1934 Saint Louis Mermarc canoe. It has been sitting in our boat shed since 1978 when Craig and Trudy bought it from the Semmelmeyer and Geracke families just down the road from the resort. The canoe needed lots of work and... Read more

Excerpt: We are cooking down the final maple syrup. The trees are slowing down so that means green leaves are not far behind. Our cooker has gotten a grade of a B this year. It is slower than an open campfire put uses a lot less wood and attention Snow is just about gone except for snowbanks Kaubashine and Shamrocks... Read more

Excerpt: Melting is definitely going on. We are happy to see ground again View from the raft this morning. The lake has a way to go in melting Can't wait to roll the boats back in the water We have been busy collecting sap and boiling down to syrup. So far we have collected 2 gallons of sap... Read more

Excerpt: Along with the commercials that the state of Wisconsin filmed at the resort they took a lot of pictures to use in their summer advertising campaign. We were not told where they would end up being used. Jake was driving back from spring break through Chicago and looked up to see Grant, Uncle Steve, Ali and his cousins jumping... Read more

Excerpt: We were home one day from spring break and next thing you know there are projects going. Birchwood is getting a few new windows. I will miss the old french window in the bathroom, but when I pay the heating bill in the winter I will not Here it is with the new window in Before.... After. These hard... Read more