Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Troy and I took off Sunday afternoon on a short car adventure to see some water falls with the spring melt. We left at 11 am so did not want to do an hour plus trip up to Hurley and Ironwood area. Instead we picked two water falls in the Mercer area 40 minutes from the resort. We stopped... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is finally melting the last few days. We had a lot to melt so we still have a substantial amount on the ground. Enough to stop any ideas of spring clean up around the resort. Here is the walk way to the beach Here was our wood pile a week ago Here it is this morning Heading... Read more

Excerpt: Mack: Hey Penny, no bacon today it is slim pickings in the begging department. Nobody around the resort Penny: Ok big guy we got to talk to Mother Nature.... this is unacceptable! The deer agree with Penny and Mack... unacceptable The only thing going on is when ever I turn my back the guys have the tools out and... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a long few days. We received a foot and a half of snow on top of the foot or so we already had on the ground. The birds were staying near the feeder. We have migratory birds coming in right now and I think they are ready to head back south In between digging out for... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is very slow to melt this year. It is causing us to be very behind in our outside spring clean up. So instead we have headed inside to get projects done Steve was busy measuring for new counters. Birchwood bathroom and kitchen, Shamrock and Restawhile kitchens are all getting new counters Birchwood before and now with new... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I left for a few days for a short trip to Door County to meet up with Jake and Michelle while the resort is quiet Eric and Chris came up to watch the resort with their wives and families. While we were gone they had fun with power tools and Birchwood. I left Steve with the resort... Read more

Excerpt: Picture sent by Steve of Penny enjoying the snow we got today. Penny might be the only one enjoying it. 2 snowstorms with 6 - 10 inches each in 4 days is not the April we had in mind More snow coming down and this was the view we had today. The lake is nowhere near going out So... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Troy headed out on a mission in the woods with snowshoes on and chainsaw in hand. What could go wrong? Snowshoes are not clumsy at all and you can run away from falling trees quickly..... really..... Steve: "I have no idea why you think this might be a bad idea...." Off to the swamp they went Steve... Read more

Excerpt: I had these beautiful pictures of Bond Falls in Watersmeet shared with me by Linda and John Wrobel who took a trip up to see them in the spring melt. It is an awesome time to head to see all the great water falls within an hour and hour 15 minutes of the resort Thank you to John and... Read more

Excerpt: Troy looked out our window waking up and looking over at Kaubashine saw a bob cat by the wood pile. In all my years I have never seen a bobcat in the resort. It quickly left before either of us could get to our phones to take a picture We did check out the snow for tracks. Due to... Read more

Excerpt: Mack would like to report that there is still a lot of ice on the lake. Enough that even a chicken like him feels comfortable to go out on the lake The maple trees are waking up though so that is a good sign of spring. They have been flowing slowly so far Filtering the maple sap the filter... Read more

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Excerpt: I stopped by to see the catch for three days of fishing with Zwig Family. Our fish house is closed in the winter so fishermen always have to get a little creative on how to clean fish outside. I joked with them that you might be a red neck if..... you clean fish on the back of your tailgate... Read more

Excerpt: Katie and I grabbed our dogs and headed to Winter Park to cheer in Steve and Penny in Skijoring this weekend. Mack and Macy were cheerleading for Penny Steve and Penny ready to rumble. They had some stiff competition Steve has a harness for Penny but prefers to ski with a leash instead of attaching to his waist. He... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski Crew shared a few of their fishing pics from this weekend. This 30 inch Northern was released back into the lake Lots of pan fish this weekend Off on the blue trail snow shoeing with Mack down the trail Snow shoes on and fresh powder Off we go Mack wait Mack waits for no one deer tracks... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Penny have been skiing every morning while the snow is crisp. They have been burning up the trails and lakes. They are training for the skijoring race this Sunday at Winter Park where Penny will show off that terriers can do this as well as any husky Along the say they meet up with some interesting characters... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend in the northwoods. We did not get the rain that everyone got to the south and picked up a few inches of snow Guests were doing everything from ice fishing, snowmobiling and skiing. The conditions are still good and we have 4 cabins open We had a busy weekend with our youngest son Grant... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski Crew is up this week ice fishing on the lake. Mack and I wandered out to see how they were doing Fritz, Tommy and Jimmy greeted their buddy Mack Mack is always happy to see what is in Fritz's pocket Fritz has his spot on the ice all figured out. He used to just sit on a... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Penny went on a skijoring adventure across Lake Tomahawk and through the channel to Lake Katherine Penny was trying out a new harness that she puts on to pull with Steve skiing behind her. She loves to go Hey Steve like my new harness lets go off they go I put video of their adventure down the... Read more

Excerpt: Tracks in the snow a sunset. Skiing tracks Right next to much faster snowmobile tracks. This sled went by at about 40 miles an hour 2 days ago, a streak of yellow out our dining room window Then these fresh tracks Who could be leaving those.... We found our destination a cold sunset on Lower Kaubashine Brought to you... Read more