Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: One family and 52 years of summer fun on Lower Kaubashine enjoying mornings like this That would be The Thompson Family. Some will remember their infamous commercials from a couple of years ago telling the entire mid west to come to Wisconsin and enjoy it as much as they do. We fit as many of them as we could... Read more

Excerpt: Howard and Jean Berchtold gathered with just a few members of their family to celebrate Howard's 88th birthday at the resort along with a great vacation with the family. 4 generations of a family gathered together for a week is not an easy task to accomplish with our busy lives but Howard and Jean make sure as many as... Read more

Excerpt: After being sunk by huge waves on Lower Kabuashine the red boat went through a check up at Ryden's Marine and is back in action. We took it over to Lake Katherine for a quick cruise before putting it back in Lower Kaubashine. Lake Katherine is a beautiful lake if you get a chance to go out on it... Read more

Excerpt: Our 80's video games we added to the office we are using as a fund raiser for the Northwoods Wildlife Center. We ask guests who use Pac Man, Centipede and Rampage in the community room to put a donation in the box for the center. I asked the Wildlife Center if we could donate the money to something they... Read more

Excerpt: Its been a beautiful hazy warm week on Lower Kaubashine We had some amazing fairy house designers stop in. Fairy houses were popping up all over the playground There will either be some happy fairies or chipmunks with a new fancy home Katie put out the call for help to load up some hay bales for her horses. She... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful July days at the lake Lots of fun paddling around the lake Catching fish like Megan here who is knows how to take her fish off her own hook! Yeah Megan! Sitting back like John and Lillian in the background enjoying some rays while the kids have fun Learning how to drive skiers for the first time and... Read more

Excerpt: Mack loves anyone with bacon to offer him but he has a special place in his heart for a few people who I swear each year he recognizes even though they have not been to the resort in a year. Kelsey is one of those. They formed a special bond the year we got him and each year all... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July week means one thing, time to go pole dancing at Hilltop for the 2019 Roy Tungett Memorial Horseshoe Tournament. Which means as usual everyone was debating how the scoring works. Is a leaner an extra point and when do 2 shoes count as points Our fearless master of ceremonies Tom Hixson thinking hard an analyzing scores... Read more

Excerpt: If you were under the age of 12 and a girl this was the week to be at the resort. They took over the resort and had a lot of fun From the Trampoline of the young girls to... A trampoline full of over 50 women who proudly managed the feat of getting up the ladder on to the... Read more

Excerpt: We had some interesting neighbors stop in.... slightly famous.... But much more fun than the originals Two tables of neighbors being nice to one another in cards.... nobody would play a joker and make their neighbor draw 5 or possibly say a not so nice word as draw 2 is played. They are all perfectly nice neighbors.. Troy caught... Read more

Excerpt: We kicked off our 2 weeks of our 4th of July crew at Otto's Beer Garden. 18 of us came together at Otto's to toast another year at the resort. Good times with good people at a good place to eat Finding a spot for 18 people on a Saturday night can be hard. Otto's outside Beer Garden we... Read more

Excerpt: For a week that was supposed to be rainy it turned out beautiful and we had happy people who were grateful for sunny skies Little Hailey was happiest of all and so excited to be at the cabin with her mom and grandma. Grantma Anne learned how to take fish off the hook for her eager first time fishing... Read more