Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I had to share Craig's new improvement to our dock. He installed a 9 foot bench. I think the dock has a lot more leg room and the ability for folks to sit and talk better. This will be the new hang out this summer. The bench needs a coat of stain but other than that it is ready... Read more

Excerpt: Craig standing on his masterpiece Steve wrote a diddy for the day "Make a reservation to see the new dock in town, it is warm and has a sunny attitude and excellent lakeside manor" So in the spirit of Steve's inspiration I am offering a special this weekend. We have 4 cabins left, Wigwam, Holiday, Red Pine and Blackwood... Read more

Excerpt: Absolutely beautiful this morning and warming up after a cold weekend. Hopefully we have turned the corner on the cold stuff The Lilies of the Valley are popping out. They will be blooming soon with that amazing smell wafting off the hill Troy and I took a walk down our trail across the road from the resort. I wanted... Read more

Excerpt: The guys with Craig as the designer and master planner have been busy rebuilding out big swimming dock Here is the beginning of it Is it level? No idea but the lake is still cold First pallet going on Opps time for the saw, needs a little trimming I love it when a plan comes together. Many hours thinking... Read more

Excerpt: Many guests have taken the time to do the Northwoods Zip Line in Minocqua. The Ament family had not done it yet but it was on Jaimie's Mother's Day bucket list of things to do with the family. Charlie and Noah were ready to go with mom. Nathan and Jamie had zip lined in Mexico and wanted to do... Read more

Excerpt: First for the pretty picture of the day. Katie, my sister, took this picture of Clear Lake in Woodruff on the Raven Trail. If you have not hiked the Raven Trail or stopped at the Clear Lake beach you are missing something. I wish our beach was like the Clear Lake Beach. Kudos to Katie for the great picture... Read more

Excerpt: The sun finally came out today after quite a few days of rain. While it was raining we finally had time to finish off our maple syrup. We came out with our biggest year of about 6 gallons of syrup. At 32 to 1 ratio that is a lot of buckets of sap boiled down. Finally all the cabin... Read more

Excerpt: There is definitely something missing as you drive through our gate... It will look like this for a few weeks before it goes back together repainted The new poles for the triangle. The old ones had rotted through. Steve made sure these were completely dry before staining. The Raccoon in the middle is getting an overhaul and facelift before... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend at the resort for campfires. I have to say that the above picture is only allowed if you are over 80 and our wood chairs are too hard for old muscles. The lady in the chair was sitting on the porch instead of joining her family by the fire due to her sore muscles... Read more

Excerpt: The lake has finally just about completely gone out. By weekend we are supposed to be 70 degrees. We have several cabins open at low spring rates if you want to come up starting at 125/night. Give a call if interested 715 356 3018. I took this picture the other day before our snow melted. Steve cutting the boards... Read more

Excerpt: The lake froze back over last night and we got 5 inches of snow. By next weekend we are supposed to be almost 70 degrees and we can't wait! Swimming area once again a sheet of ice temporarily While it is cold outside we are boiling down 1/2 of our sap today into maple syrup. We expect the trees... Read more