Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Looking through the trees at the rain coming down. 4 counties, ours included are the driest in the nation right now and under a severe drought. It was wonderful to see an inch of rain come down yesterday and last night. It washed the pollen out of the air and greened everything up. Thankfully there is more rain in... Read more

Excerpt: 80 plus temps, sun and Memorial Day Weekend. Time for a swim Parents kicking back and watching kids having fun swimming What up north is all about... Read more

Excerpt: Today's Blog Entry is all about the picture that did not get taken Last night with a game of bicycle tag being played around the resort by the kids and all the adults enjoying a quiet evening watching on the playground we had a visitor. A black bear ambled down the driveway by the woodshed and headed over to the... Read more

Excerpt: I had these great wildlife pics sent to me by Rob Moore who was up this last weekend fishing and taking pictures Heron in a tree not something you see that often Otters down by Holiday and Norway digging their dens Rob caught the loons making the Yodel call their most aggressive call. My favorite picture taken along the... Read more

Excerpt: All cabins are cleaned up and ready for Memorial Day Weekend. If Craig looks at this picture he is going to say something about painting the facia board on the front of Birchwood but time just ran out, next week A few last touches. Everyone's favorite table on the blue dock needs a touch up paint job This cool... Read more

Excerpt: Today Vansh Jain a 6th grader at our local Elementary School will be competing in the finals of The National Geography Bee in Washington DC. Last year Vansh finished 4 as the youngest competitor. Can't wait to see how he does this year. It will be broadcast at 4pm on the National Geographic channel and PBS channels are playing... Read more

Excerpt: The White dock started being assembled today. It feels more like summer when the white dock is in. When the big pontoon is in the water we will know for sure that summer is here but that is going to take another week or so to get the new motor on it The assemblers standing on green chairs trying... Read more

Excerpt: There were a few things combined together on this boat trip that usually do not go together. Wine and fishing but you really should try it before knocking it One thing we were guaranteed was a beautiful sunset. I took pics as the sunset changed Happily the crappies were enjoying the sunset as well Wine, crappies, pontoon boat, great... Read more

Excerpt: I headed down by the road to catch these pics of Doug and Rob fishing on a beautiful night. Calm lake, cool, but not too cool temps and fish biting They had just gotten the crappies to start biting when I got down there Life is good! ... Read more

Excerpt: Been a busy few days getting the resort ready no time for pictures or typing. So enjoy these quick pics I took this morning of a quiet morning on Lower Kaubashine Good news, we were not sure if the big pontoon was going to have a motor this summer. Our motor gave out and a new one priced in... Read more

Excerpt: Time to head the raft out to its spot in the lake so we have room to put the white dock in. Towing the raft to its spot can be a comedy of errors that we have all participated in (including an infamous launching by Paul) Hmm notice one wadder on and one off... who got the leaky ones... Read more

Excerpt: The snow has been piling up and we have been busy cleaning cabins and getting summer deposits in. We are full this coming weekend but have openings the rest of the winter weekends and mid weeks. Call if you need to escape to winter paradise Highlight of our week was the guys heading over to a little game we... Read more