Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Our favorite chef of Washington DC, Mark Tempel, stopped in to do a little cooking on the playground. On the menu with all the kids at the resort was Candy Sushi Mark had every kid in the resort checking out how to make Candy Sushi Starting with a pan of Rice Krispies and Fruit Roll Ups he got started... Read more

Excerpt: The beautiful lazy days of summer mornings have arrived with a light fog on the lake and a warm summer morning Work comes first. Zoe and Bella delivering fresh shower curtains to the cabins like rock stars Then comes the playing. We headed out for a night of the theatre at Tommy O's Playhouse to see The Beverly Hill... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July means one thing. Time to pole dance with the horse shoes We have done this tournament for almost 30 years. It was renamed the Roy Tungett Memorial Horseshoe Tournament 3 years ago when we lost Mr T. It is faithfully attended by all in his honor and toasts are made to Roy The newbie this year... Read more

Excerpt: We have had a busy week keeping up with family and friends at the resort The final sunset on a great week at the resort No vacation is complete without a picture in the driveway See you all in another 350 days Heres to Family and Friends and time spent at the lake... Read more

Excerpt: Some people were fishing this week... Some where canoeing being chased by dogs Ha caught up to him! Then here are others who like wine.... Time for wine making Corks and wine corker where out Wine was transferred and ready to be bottled Eleanor was our corker Linda was the official taster More mixing and work from Eleanor while... Read more

Excerpt: Da Bass Boys of summer where hauling in the bass. The Snodgrass fellas where dialed in to the bass Eric having fun So much fun he wore out his thumb Joe learning from Rich and Eric how to find the bass on Lower Kaubashine Rich's smile cleaning fish says it all Now Graham who is 5 has some growing... Read more

Excerpt: One of our largest crews of the summer arrived on Saturday for the first wave. Many more to come and go over the next 2 weeks First night out was at Otto's Beer Garden to celebrate their 50 week count down to vacation. Many toasts and smiles around the table as everyone toasted being together If you have a... Read more

Excerpt: There have been quiet moments at the lake in the last week. This sunrise picture was shared with me by Stacy (Borger) Keleyweg. She was out in the Kayak with her dog Toby at sunrise. Toby is still sleeping but Stacy was awake. Thanks for sharing Stacy! Tom and Murry Hixson where surprised by one or two of their... Read more

Excerpt: The Kramp family enjoyed their first summer at the resort and have had a great time fishing with the family They shared with me some of their catches I believe they said his was a 22 inch bass. They released it back into the lake Awesome bluegill Some fish where a little furry Thanks to the Kramps for sharing... Read more

Excerpt: We had our first horse racing afternoon in the community room. We brought out our Northwoods Derby and packages of pennies for folks to buy and the races began. Everyone had fun we even got some adults playing once they saw through the kids how it all worked. There was penny swapping and moaning as pennies where lost to... Read more

Excerpt: Enjoy these great sunset pics tonight after a rain storm ... Read more

Excerpt: Kids and Summer are here. You can hear the fun being had from the top of the hill I was happy to see some of our first young kids enjoying jumping off the diving board. Lots of new fun being had at the raft Some though who do not like to swim (he is a golden retriever bred to... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a beautiful week since the rain came. The hillside greening up Steve and his buddy Darby have started a new project. They are replacing all the rails down to the beach They spent time this winter and spring gathering 32 rails and skinning them Steve is pulling out the big posts as well. They had been... Read more

Excerpt: We had a big week in our family as Grant our youngest graduated from high school this week. He is off to Saint Norbert with his brother, Ben this fall who will be a Junior. Jacob has just accepted his first teaching job in Green Bay for next fall at Prebble High School teaching science and his wife Michelle... Read more

Excerpt: We have been scurrying all week and the place is finally ready for summer. The chairs are just waiting to be filled Steve and Troy were busy getting the diving board back on the raft. We gave it new wood and it needed a little finishing touch to fit on the platform The platform got a good scraping and... Read more

Excerpt: You can't tell from Mack but it was an exciting day at the resort. Mack was much happier at the lake fishing for bluegills than hanging up top with all the noise from machines. Relax Mack it will all be over soon We were sadly loosing a bunch of old pines that were mature. Every storm that goes through... Read more

Excerpt: We have had some beautiful warm weather the last week. The lake is warming up First of all the most exciting news, we got approval from our insurance company to put our diving platform back on the raft. This platform was built by Maynard back in the 50's and was loved into the early 90's by everyone on the... Read more

Excerpt: First of all anyone interested in the diving platform update. The three of us spent an hour scraping and getting the old paint off the metal frame. This frame was hand made back in the 50's and steal was bent in place Fresh coat of paint and looks shinny and new and not 65+ years old On to other... Read more

Excerpt: We had ice out this weekend! Saturday the 5th was officially ice out on Lower Kaubashine I caught this muskrat making a home under the raft. The raft will be heading out to its usual spot soon and the muskrat will have to find a new home We did get some work done.... but it was so nice it... Read more

Excerpt: This picture was shared with me a couple of years ago by Stacy Borger. It just seems like a good spring picture for today. Great shot Stacy! We have a few chairs at our beach that are 70 years old or so. I have pictures of these chairs at the beach in the early 50's and I am not... Read more