Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Welcome to the Black's Cliff Resort Blog! Here, we share stories from our lakeside retreat, highlight seasonal events, and offer glimpses into the serene life of Northern Wisconsin's Northwoods. Whether you're planning your next getaway or reminiscing about past visits, our blog provides a window into the experiences that make our resort a cherished destination.

Campfires and Instagram

Posted: Aug 06, 2020

Excerpt: Cooler temps have made for some great campfire nights. We got our budgie pie makers out with white bread and fruit pie filling, blueberry, apple and cherry. Cherry is my favorite Cooking my cherry pie with cinnamon and sugar topping The Michael Family happy to all be together. No corona cooties in this picture just happy grandkids thrilled to... Read more

The Christians Journey To Black's Cliff

Posted: Aug 01, 2020

Excerpt: A few year ago a guy and a gal met and had three girls. Dan and Steph brought Jaimie, Melanie and Laurie to the resort since they were babies. Dan's whole family enjoyed summers at there resort even before the girls came along. Dan's parents, Wills and Lou Christian started the the tradition with their kids before these girls... Read more

Family!

Posted: Jul 26, 2020

Excerpt: We were happy to have family arrive for a visit. Mark and Kathy Lammers stopped in. It was a treat to spend time with them during these times. Mark flew from Seattle and was happy to enjoy a few days in the midwest visiting family and escaping COVID. They broke out my moms canoe paddles from storage with Steve... Read more

Cooler Week

Posted: Jul 20, 2020

Excerpt: The road in to peace and quiet We have had some beautiful rainy mornings Storms at night, followed by raccoons fighting at night last night kept everyone up a bit last night Fishing has been good. The Frisch and Temple families have been doing some great crappie and musky fishing Working on my inventory for my new online store... Read more

Goodbyes and Hellos

Posted: Jul 14, 2020

Excerpt: Every week we go through pictures like this, Saturday morning kids saying goodbye to the lake looking sad and wishing 51 weeks would pass quickly until they are here again Those sad pictures are quickly followed in the afternoon by happy kids like Finley wondering how fast everyone can unpack before he can get to the beach or the... Read more

Happy 4th of July!

Posted: Jul 06, 2020

Excerpt: We had a great 4th of July at the resort. It was different with COVID19 and trying to keep up social distancing at the resort. In town most things were canceled except for the fireworks including the parade. Kelsey pictured above loves the parade and it is one of her favorite things on vacation since she was little. Our... Read more

Love From Wisconsin

Posted: Jun 22, 2020

Excerpt: Blue skis and summer ahead! Currently we are booked till August 21st and that is a good thing! Thankful for our repeat and new guests who have put their confidence in us to have a safe space for them to step out of their houses and do a little traveling to our corner of the northwoods We are doing... Read more

Ready For Some Summer

Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Excerpt: Summer is here the red boat is in the water! Jake playing around with the steering but we got it going. Ready for its 64th summer skimming across Lower Kaubashine Its fawn season. This baby looked minutes old getting across the road Not very steady yet on its legs Safely across with mom Lake front is mostly ready Our... Read more

Mack Social Distancing

Posted: May 27, 2020

Excerpt: Mack is getting the hang of this social distancing thing. His ice fishing buddies Jimmy and Fritz went floating by in their boat and Mack I swear knew them from a distance. He misses nosing Fritz's pocket for sausages. Social distancing is hard on a 10 year old resort dog but he is doing it Sharon and Tom in... Read more

Check In And Check Out Times

Posted: May 24, 2020

Excerpt: In the past I have been flexible with our check in and check out times in the summer as long as we could be. This summer due to needing to have as much time between groups to let the cabins air out, be disinfected with spray, cleaned and sanitized a 2nd time with bleach water we will have to stick... Read more

Congrats to Ben!

Posted: May 18, 2020

Excerpt: Our exciting news. Our middle son Ben graduated from Saint Norbet College this weekend. We tried to make it as special as we could for him graduating from home Insert Pomp and Circumstance. His graduation walk has been delayed to August 29th but we were taking the pictures now He graduates with an accounting degree and minor in finance... Read more

COVID19 Update

Posted: May 14, 2020

Excerpt: COVID 19 Update Our family’s commitment to provide a safe and clean environment for families to travel to has never been higher. Our phones have been ringing as we hear from our regular guests and new ones. We realize everyone needs their time in the woods and at the lake even more now. We are determined to continue to provide... Read more

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