Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Spring has sprung and everyone seemed to feel it and time to get out and enjoy some sunshine Mack has been hanging out on the lake with the Cikowski crew. You know the lake is safe when Mack with no encouragement beyond Fritz and his pocket of sausages heads out to the middle of the lake Off he goes... Read more

Excerpt: Late February and early March mean one thing. Time to go ice fishing! The snow on the lake has melted down a little and it is easier to get around right now and the slushy layer has frozen up. Time to get the tip ups out. Fritz who I usually photograph sitting on a bucket has upgraded this year... Read more

Excerpt: Winter is still in the Northwoods Lots of beautiful frozen fog in the trees Hillside with frost in the trees We had a family up enjoying their first time in the snow and ice. Their first trip out on a frozen lake Hogwarts came to the resort this weekend. Kaubashine became platform 9 3/4 Bella's 10th birthday complete with... Read more

Excerpt: Getting to the end of winter the snow is still high. The path to the beach still under the white stuff The lake is still frozen solid cause it has Mack's approval. Some good ice fishing days are ahead We took time away from the resort to head over to a new trail we had never skied before. Nose... Read more

Excerpt: Baby it is cold outside! We hit -30 last night. It is supposed to warm up for the weekend but it sure was cold turning on cabins this morning How do you know it is cold outside? Penny has a jacket and booties on She is officially styling. Mack on the other hand has plenty of fur but Penny... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I got out on a trail this week. The weather was great and snow conditions were fast for skiing We headed to Woodruff to the Madeline Lake Trail 15 minutes from the resort Down the trail we went. I did not take pictures of Troy going downhills happy to report except for one big hill all was... Read more

Excerpt: Its been a beautiful week it the northwoods. A little new snow everyday has kept the woods looking fresh and the trees full of snow We started shoveling off the fronts of a few of the cabins ing Grant got in to it before leaving for college. If you give him a choice between cleaning cabins or shoveling roofs... Read more

Excerpt: Mack and Penny were ready for a morning trip to the lake. Wonderful temps and fresh snow to the lake we go Come on lets go! No beach towel and flip flops needed today The joys of winter.... the closest Mack gets to going on the raft Time for a run! Beautiful this morning! The smart dog is the... Read more

Excerpt: We had our traditional hockey game at Christmas Eve. Much fun was had by all and nobody ended up in the emergency room It was the Ho Ho Ho's led by Steve Vs the Jingle Bells led by Katie Watch out and land softly Christmas Day was much quieter. Jake spent the afternoon in his new ice shanty keeping... Read more

Excerpt: The first Christmas present of the year happened. Jake was all smiles with his sled and box heading to the ice Headed off with his sled to find the perfect spot. While he was finding his spot, Troy and Grant tried flooding the rink again. We had a lot of air bubbles from the pump that w tried to... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is not going anywhere and it is starting to look a bit like Christmas around the resort. Troy has about 12 trees lit up through the resort and it is getting more and more feeling like Christmas We did play Scrooge with a squirrel . The squirrel is trying to get in to the feeder and our... Read more

Excerpt: As we clean up from 2 big snow storms over the holidays it is pretty to look at as long as you are not shoveling it This morning with the early morning sun peaking through the pines I was going to go to the lake and take some pictures but the beach steps were not shoveled and the is... Read more