Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend in the Northwoods. Blue skies and great snow. Everyone was playing in the snow There was much joy in the discovery of the dog park by PackMan he was jumping for joy We were jumping for joy this weekend too as our son Grant qualified for the state swim meet in Madison next Friday... Read more

Excerpt: We have stayed cold enough to keep our snow and the lake is safely frozen for now. We are headed up to 40's for the next few days starting tomorrow. Hopefully we hold on to enough snow for folks to play in after that as it seems winter is not done looking at the forecast for last week of... Read more

Excerpt: We have had fresh snow added to what we already had on the ground. It makes for some great time to enjoy the snow. Mack was playing king of the snow pile We had ice fishermen up this last weekend. They shared their perch catch picture with me. They reported also catching a nice northern but no picture of... Read more

Excerpt: Temps in the upper 30's and great snow it was time for Troy and I to put our skis on. So far we have avoided all the rain everyone got to the south. The snow is still in good shape. We are going to be warm the next few days. Hoping the snow pack hangs in there. I think... Read more

Excerpt: We had the Randel family up this weekend. It was a warm weekend and icy but they did a great job finding stuff to keep their girls busy. Ice skating, sledding in Lake Tomahawk at the town park, building a snowman and trying out the pinball game in the office where their high lights. It was not a perfect... Read more

Excerpt: The Tungett sisters, Eleanor and Linda at the horse shoe tournament this summer in honor of their Dad, Roy. The Tungetts are one of our many families that date back over generations spending 50 plus years at the resort. Linda sent me some fun pictures from the summer of 1963 Linda and little Eleanor swimming in Lower Kaubashine. They... Read more

Excerpt: We had a bunch of the local foreign exchange students stop by with our boys to play hockey. We had the countries of France, Norway and Germany represented on the ice. Most of them had skated but never played hockey before. Christian from Norway guaranteed me the ice in Norway is slicker than the ice here. I caught this... Read more

Excerpt: The flakes are flying today. These two flakes were enjoying the 5 - 8 inches of snow we are receiving today. It is all fun to them. This will be one of the best weekends to enjoy the winter this weekend. Give a call if you need to be a flake too in the snow like these two Other... Read more

Excerpt: We had a lot of snow come down last night. 8 plus inches of new snow and more coming as I type. It is definitely winter in the Northwoods. We have one cabin left for this weekend if you want to come up to play Mach objects to Penny hogging the blog yesterday and insisted on being in the... Read more

Excerpt: The bitterly cold temps have gone away for now and it is time to get some wood cut. The woodshed is almost empty on one side. Steve eyed up this oak to drop almost on top of the wood pile to start out the cutting and chopping The axe is ready And the wood splitter is warmed up. I... Read more

Excerpt: Steve has been working in Craig's basement on some signs and stumbled across this interesting piece of history. The Keith's who built the resort in 1918 and sold it to Maynard in 1946 made this great paper. They were commenorating the building of the Barbecue Pit that is still in the front yard today. I had not seen this... Read more

Excerpt: Everyone was headed to the lake for New Years Eve. The temps were nice and the ice is awesome! The Volbrect Family was having a great time on the ice rink playing hockey Thanks to them for getting their boys to pause long enough to take a quick picture The ice was nice enough they could skate all the... Read more

Excerpt: It was a cold sunrise this morning of 0 degrees. I took this picture through my warm window. Staying inside today where it is warm with a fire We always get asked what is a good fish fry? We usually not get out much on Fridays as we usually have check ins or check outs we are waiting on... Read more

Excerpt: Our snowblower was acting up and we have been back and forth to town getting it fixed. We ended up borrowing one from a friend while ours is getting its carburetor fixed. The fix it guys just did not catch how important our Christmas hockey game was and the need to get a rink blown off. Troy happily got... Read more

Excerpt: Cold temps this week quickly have the lake heading to freeze over The raft frozen in place this morning We will be clearing off an ice rink before we know it This guy is unimpressed and will not be heading anywhere near the frozen ice anytime soon. When Mack finally ventures on to the lake you know it is safe... Read more

Excerpt: Thanksgiving morning the new snow on the lake was begging me to go down and take some pics. Enjoy it was beautiful out There was one boat left in the water and I headed out in it with my camera ... Read more

Excerpt: We had many families up this week giving thanks and spending time together The Robinson family spent their 3rd Thanksgiving with us. They have enjoyed the resort in just about every season now Barb Hanagan was up with all the rest of the Urbaniak families. She was enjoying some quiet moments putting this puzzle together before cooking. I have... Read more

Excerpt: Winter arrived this weekend. We saw everything from 50 degree temps, to hail and then snow and cold I spent two days at a craft fair with Christmas music playing. I do still have some Christmas Stockings that are 50 each with names put on. Socks, scarves and glove supply is slowly going down. If you need some for... Read more

Excerpt: It is Halloween and the resort feels like a ghost town. It is the first time the resort has been empty since May 1. Many many people have come through our doors since then and you can hear the sounds of screen doors slamming but for now they are silent.. Til tomorrow when the first guest for next weekend... Read more

Excerpt: November is here all the boats are out of the water and things are getting ready for winter. Sad to see all the green boats all stacked up but happy to not have to bail them anymore I am posting this picture as a lesson for all. I went to turn off Muskie Inn today after a group left... Read more