Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Memorial Day Weekend has arrived along with a few of the Ice Out 2009 runners up. The prize for the runners up is a 5 dollar token to Hilltop's Rathskellar. Cliff came out to make an appearance to deliver a couple fo the tokens Cliff sneaking up on an unsuspecting winner Marie Voight (better known as Oma) receiving her... Read more

Excerpt: Hi Jenny, >> >> I'm not sure if you remember me or my family, but my name is Patrick >> Schmick.....our family had vacationed at your family's beautiful resort >> for >> close to 20 years. In fact, we loved the Northwoods so much my parents >> purchased a property so they could spend more time up there. >> >>... Read more

Excerpt: I heard the engines firing up down at the beach as I was heading out with a bucket of paint. Rob my guest photographer thankfully took a minute to capture the launching of the Raft version 2.0. The raft broke loose from its first anchor last week and has spent a week anchored down at Holiday and Norway til... Read more

Excerpt: I have been so busy with painting this week it was nice to have Rob Moore up at the resort. When he is here I am always gaurantteed some beautiful pics for the blog. So today's pics are all thanks to Rob! Kudos Rob. I loaded the pic above bigger than normal for all the screen saver gurus out... Read more

Excerpt: I have 3 cabins left for Memorial Day Weekend, Shamrock, Norway and Bear Den. They are 3 and 4 bdrs, I will book them to smaller groups for the same price as a 2bdr. So if you need to get out of town this weekend give a call. Weather says it should be beautiful highs in the lower 70's If... Read more

Excerpt: [gallery] Ok it is busy time of year so I just inserted the last pics of putting in the big swim docks. The swimming area is looking like summer minus the raft that is still floating down at Holiday or Norway and the big pontoon that is in for a new paint job. Hopefully all make it for Memorial Day... Read more

Excerpt: It is a cold day in the Da Nort woods not fit for fishermen or guinea pigs to be outside. Type of day for book work and paying bills. Junior has been put in charge of the desk work and reservations while we all take a day and go up to The Waters to jump in the pool. Of... Read more

Excerpt: One of these things just doesn't belong in this picture. Identify which docks these are and you have the answer.... Paul I think has a pretty good idea what happened since he has first hand knowledge of the situtation Missing picture is Troy and Steve towing the raft out to its home location out from the swim docks in... Read more

Excerpt: Warm spring day a new pair of wadders and that means time for the white dock to go in Straight nails are a must Craig with the new wadders using all his engineering skills and experience to get the dock in. Few foul words about large rocks in the way and all went in. You know even though neither... Read more

Excerpt: Our first big fishing trip. Troy had to pull out the big net for this one. Somebody else caught this one.... Fishing was a little slow, we were after crappie and whatever bass were to be found. The bass season does not open til 3rd weekend in June so this one was thrown back til later. The lilly pads... Read more

Excerpt: What is the difference between The Hilton and Black's Cliff.... At the Hilton they pretend that everything works and is completely clean nobody pees in the pool, TV reception is always perfect, nobody drops trees and hits things and for heavens sake they don't put it on their website. Ohhh and I almost forgot they have Paris with her... Read more

Excerpt: Geo Cachers have a motto, cache in and trash out. Translation as you are traveling to a geo cache grab any trash you see on the way to clean up the place you are Last weekend every cacher was asked to do this and here is an article from Wausau Daily Harold about Geo Cachers doign their part http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090503/WDH0101/905030557/198... Read more