Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: The hot humid weather left and fall is in the air. Not a lot of leaf changes yet Storm blew through pushing the warm weather out and we lost one of our oak trees Headed to a fireplace soon Sari brought up some friends on vacation to release. Headed off to Mexico for the winter Grant works at a... Read more

Excerpt: Will and Kim Flower shared these great pics of the loon parents and babies on the lake If all goes well they will be headed to the Gulf Of Mexico a month or so Purl soaking up the last days of summer at the beach. She loves her life. Where is Oogie? Stealing grill scrapers last we saw It is... Read more

Excerpt: I am glad Steve pays attention when we have lots of snow as to what trees are leaning over cabins or need trimming. Today it was Wigwam's turn to get some trimming around it. The tree guys arrived. Left over stuff was mulched into our trails by the office Dangling above Wigwam We did take this tree out due... Read more

Excerpt: Its been a cool week but lots going on. The loons are getting bigger. Happy to still see 2 of them on the lake Deer have been getting bigger as well. So thankful when folks share such nice pictures like these with me to share It started out as a warm week but a front came through with hail... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July brings around our annual Roy Tungett Memorial Horseshoe Tournament Tom Hixson is our planner now organizing 45 participants into teams and off to Hilltop we go We work on just making it to the pit with the shoes. Amelia has watched the tournament since she was little and now plays in it Our biggest thrills come... Read more

Excerpt: Always a lot of fun on the 4th of July week Lots of family and friends. Too much to do and too little time is the theme of the week but we cram a lot in This year we seated 56 people at the table for the seafood boil a new record The cooks were cooking! Th old fashioned... Read more

Excerpt: When starting off vacation the most important thing is finding a good spot for first dinner with enough room for just a couple of friends. Ottos in Minocqua if the weather is great has the most amazing patio to accommodate a few friends. Much fun and laughs were had around this table Next most important thing is finding your... Read more

Excerpt: This week I Summer has really hit. Most of our spring projects are either done or on the back burner for next spring. I have been slow updating the blog. Sorry for that. Between the late spring and my recovery from my treatments it has been a bit of a challenge. Shaking off winter, my cancer treatment recover, getting... Read more

Excerpt: There has been a lot of fishing going on the last couple of weeks with the spawn drawing the fish into shore Bently was all smiles keeping his grandparents baiting his hook. He has a fish story to write about when school starts in the fall With our late spring our time has been sucked up getting the resort... Read more

Excerpt: It is finally starting to feel a bit more like summer approaching Steve caught this picture of a porcupine up a tree on our trails. Luckily it stayed put We have a bit of winter clean up to do on the trails. Our big snow falls left a lot of debris on the trails Back to work, the resort... Read more

Excerpt: I have not written much about my health journey on the blog but I would like everyone to know we had a celebration Monday as I finished my last radiation treatment. It has been a long 9 months of surgery, 20 weeks of chemo and 30 radiation treatments for breast cancer. May 1st was my liberty day! All done... Read more

Excerpt: Its been an interesting weather week. We go beautiful 70's for 5 days that allowed some of the snow to melt and the ice to start turning colors. Mike Grady joined Troy at the beach for a few days rebuilding out dock tops for our boat docks. Mike is a retired carpenter and now only works when he has... Read more