Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Summer has been sliding by and in our final week of summer brought some great fairy house building. Terri and her grand daughter Olive spent the week thinking hard one what to make and where. They finally settled on the old playground grill Here is a close up of their fairy house. Inside it is a fairy baby sleeping... Read more

Excerpt: We took an adventure with our neighbor Kim Flower. Kim wanted to go someplace new for a fish fry. I said some place with more than beer battered cod and interesting... Kim found it. The GPS did not though and took us down a dirt road at first until it straightened itself out Back on the correct road with... Read more

Excerpt: It was a relaxing week at the resort. Great for paddle boating We even got out for a ride around the lake.... It was relaxing on the way out but we always seem to have a reason for our jaunts on to the lake.. This one was to rescue the pontoon boat. Everyone happily made it back to shore... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful morning at the lake. The lake mists and sun coming out Always gotta take a raft pic Water tramp in the mist is fun too but the raft is just more photogenic It was a happy day at the lake as the boat lift for the red boat arrived. The red boat was sunk a... 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: Howard and Jean Berchtold gathered with just a few members of their family to celebrate Howard's 88th birthday at the resort along with a great vacation with the family. 4 generations of a family gathered together for a week is not an easy task to accomplish with our busy lives but Howard and Jean make sure as many as... Read more

Excerpt: One family and 52 years of summer fun on Lower Kaubashine enjoying mornings like this That would be The Thompson Family. Some will remember their infamous commercials from a couple of years ago telling the entire mid west to come to Wisconsin and enjoy it as much as they do. We fit as many of them as we could... Read more

Excerpt: Our 80's video games we added to the office we are using as a fund raiser for the Northwoods Wildlife Center. We ask guests who use Pac Man, Centipede and Rampage in the community room to put a donation in the box for the center. I asked the Wildlife Center if we could donate the money to something they... Read more

Excerpt: After being sunk by huge waves on Lower Kabuashine the red boat went through a check up at Ryden's Marine and is back in action. We took it over to Lake Katherine for a quick cruise before putting it back in Lower Kaubashine. Lake Katherine is a beautiful lake if you get a chance to go out on it... Read more

Excerpt: Its been a beautiful hazy warm week on Lower Kaubashine We had some amazing fairy house designers stop in. Fairy houses were popping up all over the playground There will either be some happy fairies or chipmunks with a new fancy home Katie put out the call for help to load up some hay bales for her horses. She... Read more

Excerpt: Mack loves anyone with bacon to offer him but he has a special place in his heart for a few people who I swear each year he recognizes even though they have not been to the resort in a year. Kelsey is one of those. They formed a special bond the year we got him and each year all... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful July days at the lake Lots of fun paddling around the lake Catching fish like Megan here who is knows how to take her fish off her own hook! Yeah Megan! Sitting back like John and Lillian in the background enjoying some rays while the kids have fun Learning how to drive skiers for the first time and... Read more

Excerpt: We had a great 4th of July at the resort. It was different with COVID19 and trying to keep up social distancing at the resort. In town most things were canceled except for the fireworks including the parade. Kelsey pictured above loves the parade and it is one of her favorite things on vacation since she was little. Our... Read more

Excerpt: If you were under the age of 12 and a girl this was the week to be at the resort. They took over the resort and had a lot of fun From the Trampoline of the young girls to... A trampoline full of over 50 women who proudly managed the feat of getting up the ladder on to the... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July week means one thing, time to go pole dancing at Hilltop for the 2019 Roy Tungett Memorial Horseshoe Tournament. Which means as usual everyone was debating how the scoring works. Is a leaner an extra point and when do 2 shoes count as points Our fearless master of ceremonies Tom Hixson thinking hard an analyzing scores... Read more

Excerpt: We had some interesting neighbors stop in.... slightly famous.... But much more fun than the originals Two tables of neighbors being nice to one another in cards.... nobody would play a joker and make their neighbor draw 5 or possibly say a not so nice word as draw 2 is played. They are all perfectly nice neighbors.. Troy caught... Read more

Excerpt: We kicked off our 2 weeks of our 4th of July crew at Otto's Beer Garden. 18 of us came together at Otto's to toast another year at the resort. Good times with good people at a good place to eat Finding a spot for 18 people on a Saturday night can be hard. Otto's outside Beer Garden we... Read more

Excerpt: For a week that was supposed to be rainy it turned out beautiful and we had happy people who were grateful for sunny skies Little Hailey was happiest of all and so excited to be at the cabin with her mom and grandma. Grantma Anne learned how to take fish off the hook for her eager first time fishing... Read more

Excerpt: We had our first afternoon of horse racing and wine tasting at the community room. The Madson Family were playing for the first time and had a lot of fun seeing who would win the most money to use in the rec room Bella was running the other game for me with Emerson against the Larson Boys. The Larson... Read more

Excerpt: Sunday Morning cold or warm as long as it is not raining the beach is always busy. The raft floating in the morning sunshine waiting for this weeks crew to head out and take their first dives off the diving board The dock quickly filled up with spectators to watch what was happening on the water tramp. A little... Read more