Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Usually we call red squirrels public enemy number 1 for being bad neighbors. They like to break in cabins when they can and chew on windows, they chatter from the trees and have been known to drop pinecones on people not expecting it. This little squirrel though we have started to feel sorry for. We watched him all summer... Read more

Excerpt: The snows been piling up outside on the trees. I have been definitely enjoying the camera on the iPhone 10. The quality of the pics capturing winter and the trees shows it Laughing in Birchwood I found this sign on a screw the guys must have sent through the wall. One of our guests I don't know who left... Read more

Excerpt: How do you celebrate the end of the week? You grab the family and head to the lake Bella and Steve ready to skate. The conditions are perfect to skate all over the lake. The snow is not too thick and the ice is safe. Time to fly! We use these lake skates. They have a ski binding and... Read more

Excerpt: We had a very busy weekend with all of the boys home for Thanksgiving. We did not take the usual Thanksgiving pictures of all our groups as we were on the road to cook a turkey at the nursing home where Troy's mom is. It was a special Thanksgiving spending time with her. If you ever wonder how to... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful Thanksgiving week at the resort. Snow seems to be sticking around Home from college and time to have some fun behind the gator like the old days Lets GO! Such form!. Using a water skiing knee board Ha Ha I snagged a hat! Wa HOOOOOO Trying out card board, a shovel and a garbage can lid. Steve had... Read more

Excerpt: Our longest running hunting group the Evans guys led by Grandpa Dan and his son Jeff enjoy all 10 days of the hunt with us. They have over the years built the deer stands you see along our hiking trails. They have spent many special moments with Jeff's sons in the woods enjoying time together over 3 generations hunting... Read more

Excerpt: Our boat shed is quickly going up. It is not small. It will fit all 4 of our pontoon boats along with cedar chairs and ski boat. Excited to get it finished I am happy to say Bryon figured out my picture sizing issue. No more thumb print pictures for the blog! I needed to export them as a... Read more

Excerpt: My sister and brother inlaw, Katie and Bryon love to head out on the Raven Trail in Woodruff anytime of year. It is officially their favorite trail in the area. They shared these pics of their idea of paradise Why live in Florida and miss all this... until March, then Florida does look good Clear Lake not frozen over... Read more

Excerpt: I had been eyeing up the iPhone 10 for awhile and yesterday did the dreaded 2 hours in Verizon to go through changing over from the 7 to the 10. The camera is amazing on the new phone and worth every penny I still though can't figure out why the pictures do not size right coming into the blog... Read more

Excerpt: It was a quiet weekend at the resort. Leaves have fallen and the crowds have left We filled the weekend with friends. The Snodgrass and Hixson crew arrived for some fun at The Hazelhurst Pub for fish fry and helping with our new building and heading to the craft fair at the high school with me The walls were... Read more

Excerpt: I had these awesome fall pictures shared by Chris Gough this week. He took them the 2nd weekend in October while staying with us. Chris caught some awesome shots that really capture fall on Lower Kaubashine Thanks Chris! Enjoy ... Read more

Excerpt: We had a fun weekend with friends and took the pontoon boat out for its last cold run around the lake. When you start looking for a winter hat to go on the boat it is time to think about taking it out We also met up with Jake and Michelle in Woodruff at the Rocky Reef Distillery Their... Read more

Excerpt: We had a bit of snow come down this weekend. Thankfully by this morning it has all melted. Before the snow came we were enjoying some late fall colors and working on a few things The green boats got washed. Waiting for a few volunteers to stack them for winter Steve and Troy were hard at work on the... Read more

Excerpt: The yellow ball of the sun finally made an appearance today. After all the rain and cloudy weather this was a welcome change I have been hinting at a project we have started at the resort. Well here is the long awaited update. What could it be? It all started a couple of weeks ago with the cleaning up... Read more

Excerpt: We have had snow on and off all weekend. The white snow in the colors has been pretty but we are not ready for it to be this cold yet No Green Bay Packers playing and it was time for a walk in the woods Fresh leaves all over the trail We headed down the orange trail today Beautiful... Read more

Excerpt: Taking a short walk through the woods on the red trail anytime of year is great. The fall though is the best Enjoy these pics taken this afternoon ... Read more

Excerpt: Steady rain this week with the colors. Thankfully it should be drying out next week a bit. It was time to close down the beach and put things away Penny sad to see her swimming hole closing up shop Steve happy to close up shop before he cold comes and no more wet swimming dog jumping in his car... Read more

Excerpt: I took a spin around the lake in the old ski boat with Joanie and John Nolan to see the colors stopping at the point and running into Jimmy and Fritz Cikowski fishing on the lake. Enjoy the pictures ... Read more

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Excerpt: I am importing these beautiful maple pictures larger than I have in the past. I have had trouble with my iPhone importing pictures to small to my computer and my computer exporting them to the blog on the small side. click on the picture if you can not see it in full size. I hope you enjoy ... Read more