Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Troy and I just returned from our final little spring trip before getting in to spring clean up of the resort. We left spring like Missouri to return to snow still on the ground. The lake is slowly turning colors I will post tomorrow Steve's updates on Bear Den We went to the largest sock machine gathering in the country... Read more

Excerpt: I see lots of stressed out people arrive at the resort who just want to unplug from technology, phones and traffic. You have so much more come at your these days. Today I had to deal with my computer which the nine button has decided to not work. Periodically my key board decides to throw me for a loop... Read more

Excerpt: We are starting to see signs of melting. The lake is slowly changing color around the edges and the beach has been spotted under all the snow. July still seems a long way off With all the melting it is uncovering all the branches that came down in the ice storms this winter. We are going to have quite... Read more

Excerpt: We returned home to some definitely warmer temps. This squirrel was soaking up the warmer rays in the trees. There is still a lot of snow and ice to melt but it is slowly going away While we were gone Steve and Chris Moran put in 14 new counters around the resort along with sinks and faucets. I have... Read more

Excerpt: The Gibson family is on spring break this week and off on a trail, We get asked all the time where and when do you get away when you live at the resort. Spring Break is a great time to get out of the woods for awhile. Never fear Steve is back at the resort keeping everything humming along... Read more

Excerpt: Spring has sprung and it was time to tap the trees. The thick snow made getting to the trees hard. I adjusted what trees we were tapping due to the snow depth. I have abandoned the trees at Eagles Nest as getting in out of there would have been thigh high to waist high snow. Instead I put more... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is measured in feet on the lake and in the woods. The deer are sticking to plowed roads and paths as much as they can. They have a trail worn along the lake on the ice Troy has started laying Bear Den's new basement floor. It is looking good! He is happy to have an indoor project... Read more

Excerpt: After an additional foot plus of snow i snapped these pics at the beach. The raft may not ever come out again The deer have been cutting a path along the edge of the lake as they try to get through the snow We actually used the snow blower even on the steps to break up the snow It... Read more

Excerpt: The extra foot of snow mother nature thought we needed sure is pretty... As long as you don't have to move it. We are seriously running out of room to put it. Steve has made our snow banks with the truck as high as he can but they are slowly taking over. Troy was trying to snow blow some... Read more

Excerpt: Winter is holding on and giving us more yet to come We are expecting a foot of additional snow this weekend Time to clean off the roofs before the next big storm. Troy uses the roof rake for the easy stuff but he and Steve had to get up on some of the porch roofs to shovel them off... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a very snowy week with snow measured in feet. Mike and Jeannie Flesch shared their snow shoeing pics in the snow as it was coming down. When the snow was done and the sun came out it was pretty and time to start the clean up. Steve plowed for 2 days getting everything cleaned up and... Read more

Excerpt: We had about 8 inches more of snow come in. It was coming down at and inch to 2 inches an hour in the afternoon We had some hungry visitors stop in. They like to check out the ground below the bird feeders for left overs. Steve having fun plowing Morning after with the sun peaking through The path... Read more