Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Christmas is right around the corner according to Mack. Time to get the resort ready for all the guests we have coming. Time to head to the lake to get the ice skating rink ready. Our hillside has turned brown from the warmer days but the ice is ok. We still have snow on the ground on top of... Read more

Excerpt: Usually we call red squirrels public enemy number 1 for being bad neighbors. They like to break in cabins when they can and chew on windows, they chatter from the trees and have been known to drop pinecones on people not expecting it. This little squirrel though we have started to feel sorry for. We watched him all summer... Read more

Excerpt: Steve headed out on Lake Katherine with his buddy Darby and the dogs for some ice skating before the snow gets too thick. These are the islands of Lake Katherine Lake Katherine is just 5 minutes from the resort and beautiful any time of the year Three dog skate pull. Darby did teach them how to stop which is... Read more

Excerpt: The snows been piling up outside on the trees. I have been definitely enjoying the camera on the iPhone 10. The quality of the pics capturing winter and the trees shows it Laughing in Birchwood I found this sign on a screw the guys must have sent through the wall. One of our guests I don't know who left... Read more

Excerpt: How do you celebrate the end of the week? You grab the family and head to the lake Bella and Steve ready to skate. The conditions are perfect to skate all over the lake. The snow is not too thick and the ice is safe. Time to fly! We use these lake skates. They have a ski binding and... Read more

Excerpt: We had a very busy weekend with all of the boys home for Thanksgiving. We did not take the usual Thanksgiving pictures of all our groups as we were on the road to cook a turkey at the nursing home where Troy's mom is. It was a special Thanksgiving spending time with her. If you ever wonder how to... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful Thanksgiving week at the resort. Snow seems to be sticking around Home from college and time to have some fun behind the gator like the old days Lets GO! Such form!. Using a water skiing knee board Ha Ha I snagged a hat! Wa HOOOOOO Trying out card board, a shovel and a garbage can lid. Steve had... Read more

Excerpt: Our boat shed is quickly going up. It is not small. It will fit all 4 of our pontoon boats along with cedar chairs and ski boat. Excited to get it finished I am happy to say Bryon figured out my picture sizing issue. No more thumb print pictures for the blog! I needed to export them as a... Read more

Excerpt: Our longest running hunting group the Evans guys led by Grandpa Dan and his son Jeff enjoy all 10 days of the hunt with us. They have over the years built the deer stands you see along our hiking trails. They have spent many special moments with Jeff's sons in the woods enjoying time together over 3 generations hunting... Read more

Excerpt: I had been eyeing up the iPhone 10 for awhile and yesterday did the dreaded 2 hours in Verizon to go through changing over from the 7 to the 10. The camera is amazing on the new phone and worth every penny I still though can't figure out why the pictures do not size right coming into the blog... Read more

Excerpt: My sister and brother inlaw, Katie and Bryon love to head out on the Raven Trail in Woodruff anytime of year. It is officially their favorite trail in the area. They shared these pics of their idea of paradise Why live in Florida and miss all this... until March, then Florida does look good Clear Lake not frozen over... Read more

Excerpt: We received about 3 inches of snow over the weekend with a little here and there in the forecast. We are happy to be looking more like winter. Winter Park has rolled and packed their trails. They do amazing work with the snow they have This weekend Steve did Winter Park's fundraising skate race around Lake Minocqua. They plowed... Read more