Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Mornings like this on Lower Kaubashine are the best. Crystal clear and calm Gavin was out floating in his boat enjoying some quiet moments at the lake I found out it was swim across the lake morning for his wife Tina and daughter inlaw. Absolutely beautiful morning for a swim. Tina worked for us about 30 years ago helping... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful late summer morning at the lake Red squirrels have been starting to harvest their pinecones. They are nasty little buggers. This one was literally dropping pinecones all afternoon on our deck from above. It was returning for the spoils. It was aggressively chattering for Mack and I to get off the deck It went out to the end... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I got away for another adventure in our RV. We headed to lake Superior and had a great couple of days along the lake and walking up a few streams and a few water falls. We are happy too be enjoying some adventures in our travel trailer. Jake and Sarah took the reins for us for a... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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