Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I had a special delivery from Springfield Illinois brought by Linda. Michelle Tunget sent up some of her extra special chocolate chip cookies. We have been trying for years to get Michelle's recipe but she is not sharing. I thought maybe she would have included the recipe after all these years but it was not in the bag. Maybe... Read more

Excerpt: Troy noticed we were missing a boat for a few days. Most of the time when a green boat goes missing we get calls from neighbors as everyone knows a John Deer Green Boat belongs to the resort. Big Bertha has not been painted and no calls came in. It had wandered all the way to Bueana Vista on... Read more

Excerpt: Howard and Jean Berchtold arrived to enjoy their 34 summer at Black's Cliff. They started coming in 1977 and enjoyed many a canoe trip in the 70's with Trudy down the Tomahawk river with their kids. Now they come each July enjoying 2 weeks with their kids, grandkids and now great grand kids. Here in June they came up... Read more

Excerpt: The Eastern end of the Black Family arrived to enjoy a week in the Northwoods. Dave and Bonnie spent the week introducing Ellanora to all sorts of new sights in the woods. They took a trip to The St Germain Flea Market on Monday returning with some yard art that will be turning heads in Washington DC. The St... Read more

Excerpt: We found some time to head up to Black River Harbor on Lake Superior. The Harbor is about an hour and 15 min or so from the resort. Head up to Ironwood take a quick stop at the coolest cheapest antique store in the Northwoods at Dan's Antiques, grab a quick lunch at Subway to take up to the... Read more

Excerpt: Any ideas on what bird this is, Troy is not sure. Some type of warbler Close up of the mystery bird In other news, Birchwood was the winner of a King Bed upgrade. We managed to squeeze this King in the big bedroom along with the twin. A bit of space is missed in the bedroom but most folks... Read more

Excerpt: We had quite a storm blow through and afterwards an amazing rainbow appeared a complete on and a partial one, but I could not fit it all in my camera lens. There is a 2nd rainbow forming in front of the original bright one. Wish I had known there were rain drops on my lens while I was shooting... Read more

Excerpt: That fresh country air can be detected through the resort right now. A great week of fishing by everyone in the resort has one result..... a dumpster full of fish. Troy has put bleach, vinegar, baking soda and now the last resort, tarping the dumpster trapping the Ode to Fish smell in the dumpster. This is 95 percent successful... Read more

Excerpt: This is the only picture needed today to prove THE SUN IS FINALLY OUT! I believe the gloom set in June 5th or so and it has taken this long for the sun to return. Everyone will be soaking up some much needed vitamin D today For the fishermen out there I had this pic sent to me from... Read more

Excerpt: Blue sky was spotted for 30 seconds today Pontoon boat cleaned and ready to go. Question is will the new motor fly? Before the boat went down the road there was much discussion about Father's Day and what fun toy the 3 guys might need as a gift All I know is the most important word in Craig's language... Read more

Excerpt: Big Pontoon boat getting a good cleaning before launching this week The hold up has been locating, getting, and installing the new motor. Lets hope "The Good Deal" motor works well. Test run will be possibly tomorrow when it is launched. Ryden's Marine gave it a clean bill of health after a good carb clean. Maynard would be proud... Read more

Excerpt: Hmm does this picture look familiar to a previous post. Weather rainy, overcast but folks still having fun regardless These two cousins were not letting 65 degrees and misty rain stop them from having fun. You know this is the type of day we could spend inside listing to the rain and taking a nap... but you wanted to... Read more