Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Steve had an absolute gleam in his eye when he arrived today. Did you know that mushrooms are out! Forest guy had spent the last day coming the woods for mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms to be exact, and expected me to get all excited and serve them for lunch...... They really do look like oysters. I am still leery of... Read more

Excerpt: Local resorts owners were invited downtown for a Taste of the Island before the season really gets started. We were treated by some of my favorite local businesses. Twisted Root Emporium and Loon Land was the first stop The ever friendly and shoeless Woody Woodruff greeted us as usual to see his unique wares that can't be found anywhere... Read more

Excerpt: I bought an Ipad 1 last week that is WIFI and AT&T compatible, we can't get AT&T service 32G and need to get an Ipad 2 which is Verizon compatible. I paid 629 for it, is anyone out there interested in buying it? It works great and is one week old barely used and has an awesome Zag screen saver... Read more

Excerpt: Wicker furniture is a wonderful thing except for when it comes to cleaning it or painting it. After 18 years of running the resort with Troy and trying a few different things I think we finally have it figured out. We used to get the scrub brushes out and wash and scrub them outside but never could you get... Read more

Excerpt: It is beautiful weather and time to sit back and enjoy the beginning of summer Testing out the water. It has warmed up considerably in the last 2 weeks. Time to jump in! It is kayak week at the resort. It seems like every cabin has their own kayak's. I think I counted 15 extra kayak's floating around the... Read more

Excerpt: The Urbaniak family brought up with them the latest in Marsh mallow Cooking. First was the JUMBO Marsh Mallows. I have never seen Marsh Mallows this big. This is for the person that cooks 2 at a time for their smore. Now just cook 1 big one Now we need Jumbo Sticks for the Jumbo Mallows These cracked me... Read more

Excerpt: Something is missing... I told Steve the steps over at Shamrock needed painting... I returned to find something else going on. I guess the new steps don't need painting anymore With temps soaring into the 90's with humidity it was not fit for man nor beast out of the water After plunging into the water (ok the truth, being... Read more

Excerpt: As I have said in other blog entries it is time to go fishin! I had this crappie picture shared with me from Mike Grady our famous 2011 Ice Out winner. He caught his biggest crappie above. Nice fish Mike! Missing picture is Ruth balancing the net and the camera at the same time. Thanks for getting the picture... Read more

Excerpt: For all of the many Berchtold family members out there in Blog land I had to take a picture of Grandma and Grandpa Berchtold (Howard and Jean) up enjoying the warm weather. Jean ran out of short sleeves it is time to go home. See you in July for the big 80th birthday party and of course the big... Read more

Excerpt: Crappies are biting. The big ones are coming in to spawn and it is time for some fishin fun Crappies just kept coming up the hill with everyone. These were headed right to a fry pan in Shamrock Some were just arriving. The Spencer family brings this old Sea King motor that dates back to 1949. It still runs... Read more

Excerpt: It was time to hand out the Ice Out Contest cash to the big winner Mike Grady who was staying in Eagles Nest this weekend. Cliff stopped in, to peep in Mike and Ruth's windows and scare them but they were not around. Without a pen and paper to write a note, what better way to leave a note... Read more

Excerpt: Woodruff combined their 125th town celebration with Memorial Day to have a nice parade. Parade started off with the military This truck stopped at the cemetery and played one of the best rounds of taps in salute of the fallen that I have heard in awhile. There was not a dry eye in the crowd The veterans on the... Read more