Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

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: 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

Excerpt: This beautiful shot of the moon over Lower Kaubashine was taken by my neighbor Medicine Man Joe across the lake. Thanks Joe for sharing!! Meanwhile at the wood shed..... Troy is filling up the one side Steve has been busy making kindling to get us through the winter and start all those fires in the cabins. More excitement to... Read more

Excerpt: Penny says.... Steve has been up to something.... Dragging me to Menards with the truck, lots of noisy bangs, dropping a bucket of paint and barely missing me..... ignoring me and my needs for him to constantly throw a ball for my entertainment while up on ladders Menards trip was for the remaining roofing shingles needed to complete Shamrock... 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: The fall is winding down. Most leaves have fallen and the resort is finally slowing down a little We have quite a few cabins open for October 29th weekend with a 2 night minimum. It is still a great time of year to come up and enjoy some quiet times at the lake in front of a fireplace Deer... Read more

Excerpt: First off sharing the beautiful sunrise on Lower Kaubashine this week. The lake mists were rolling Our lower fall rates start November 1st and the cabins start at 130/night all week long including Friday and Saturday We have one opening for Thanksgiving and that is Red Pine 4bdr home great for a family at 265/night three night minimum The... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful day at the resort with full colors. The reds and yellows were out. We have not had a lot of hard freezes and it has put our colors behind. Everywhere you looked today the colors were vibrant. I could not stop taking pictures. Enjoy We have cabins open this week and weekend of October 22nd... Read more

Excerpt: We received over 10 inches of rain in 3 days. I have never seen the lake levels go this high. The lake is over the beach wall Coming down the steps the lake greets you Kaubashine's dock is basically at lake level The boats are about ready to just come up on shore. We are hoping everything starts draining... Read more

Excerpt: The colors and sunsets have been amazing The road to the resort has been amazing the last few days Tom and Michelle Bronsky approached us a year ago wondering if we would build a dog park at the resort. We thought about it and thought why not... It took a year but we got it done and they came... Read more

Excerpt: The colors are quickly heading to peak. We have cabins open up to Saturday but are booked Saturday and Sunday nights October 8th and 9th. Troy and I took Mack up to the Schlect Lake Trail 5 minutes from the resort. We were going to do the Skida Lake Loop We were going to take the loop between the... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski Crew was up muskie fishing. Jimmy, Tommy and Fritz have spent lots of hours trolling the lake for muskies along with Al who now calls Minocqua his home with his wife Roberta. Jimmy hooked into this nice fat 41 inch muskie this week. Nice fish Jimmy! Fritz and Tommy need to find theirs now Jimmy and Tommy... Read more