Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Summer is here! Iris's blooming at sunset. I wish these flowers bloomed all summer long Troy took this great shot at the beach. Butterflies and humming birds are back Fish have been biting. This nice 15 inch crappie was one of the best of the spring caught by Paul Steinmetz Paul had a busy week cleaning fish We had a... Read more

Excerpt: Our Son Ben got married to his high school sweet heart of 8 years Ali We spent Memorial Weekend celebrating Ben and Ali's marriage. My brother inlaw, Bryon caught this amazing picture waiting for the exact moment to take the pic We are thrilled to welcome a daughter into the family who already felt like part of the family after... Read more

Excerpt: May is flying by and the resort is looking more and more ready to go everyday The leaves and undergrowth are slowly popping out too as you can see in this picture Grant graduated from Saint Norbert last week and this week got to muck around inn the lake helping Troy get the docks straight We enjoyed having him... Read more

Excerpt: We have had a busy week getting resort ready and bouncing around to important family events Number 1 this week was a big congratulations to Grant who graduated from Saint Norbert College on Sunday. It was bitter sweet seeing our youngest graduate but we know he is ready to take on the world For now that means running a... Read more

Excerpt: Lots going on at the resort. If you stand around too long we hand you a paint brush Birchwood getting its roof line painted this week Our new motors we ordered 2 years ago finally arrived. We have 2 new 9's and 2 new 6's to rent. The Sylvan pontoon arrived back from the repair shop. It is working... Read more

Excerpt: For the most part the ice broke up over the last 24 hours with rain and high winds. Thankfully our docks were not hit as hard as they were last year Not ready to jump off the raft with floating ice still in the lake but happy to see open water! Still some floating ice but that should be... Read more

Excerpt: We had a very nice Easter weekend with our whole family at the resort. Yes that is snow in the background. It has been a cold April and we are looking forward to ice out Ben and Ali's wedding is around the corner May 28th. We are going to have a busy May getting ready for the wedding and... Read more

Excerpt: No posts for awhile as we headed off on a road trip for Spring Break with our good friends Kris and Mike to Branson Missouri We went to college with Kris and Mike and we were married the same year. 2022 marks 30 years for both couples and we decided it was time for a road trip to celebrate... Read more

Excerpt: Wednesday into Thursday we had a ice storm. We woke up to our front yard out our front door looking like this We were hesitant to walk outside much as branches were continuing to come down We have not had ice this bad in a few years and there were plenty of weak branches that came down. Our big... Read more

Excerpt: Spring has sprung. The warm rays have got the snow melting and our maple trees running Our filter set up for our maple sap. We are very high tech. That is a dog leash that we hang the filter from off the top deck. We filter out little bits that fall into the sap Filtered sap ready to go... Read more

Excerpt: There is just something about a warm March afternoon when you actually feel warmth from the sun and you leave your winter coat in the house Guys headed out to the wood pile to discuss how to cut these big pines up for fire pit wood Big logs are not their favorite Much discussion First log is picked out... Read more

Excerpt: Mack would like to announce the start of spring rates. The cabins start at 145/night. Right now we have openings to fit all size groups in March and April. May is booking up Check out the website availability page for details on exact dates and cabins open Summer we have a few openings June 3 - 10th Bear Den... Read more