Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I took this picture yesterday and shared it on the Black's Cliff Facebook page. Most of my pictures get 200 to 300 views. For some reason this picture took off and was viewed by over 5600 people and 27 shares. I hope you enjoy it as much as everyone on Facebook yesterday. A warm November day to enjoy the... Read more

Excerpt: The lake and the dock are definitely feeling like late fall. Slowly all the chairs are making it up the hill. Just a few left at the beach. Time to get the dock, slide and raft in soon. This might be the final time the white dock is taken out. There are plans for next spring and a new... Read more

Excerpt: It is late fall and the leaves have fallen and time to get some work done before winter Boats are slowly being piled up Coming home from college always means helping getting the storm windows on the house Filling the woodshed. They have worked all summer at pecking away at a pile of wood splitting it and now got... Read more

Excerpt: The guys have been doing some work to our old shed. This shed is one of the last remaining original buildings of the resort. It has had a lot of tweaks and changes over its almost 100 years. It was originally built to house the model T cars that came to the resort. At one time it had a... Read more

Excerpt: It was a big day on Lower Kaubashine. Our lake association petitioned the DNR to stock our lake this year which they have not done for awhile. The DNR denied our request due to a lack of a public landing. Lower Kaubashine has several public accesses. All of them are walk in and one of them, the main one... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful fall day and time for a wedding at the resort. We do not do many weddings due to not having the facilities to host large groups. George and Kelly asked last year and I told them as long as it was a small wedding we could pull it off and we did. Beautiful arch at... Read more

Excerpt: Wondering about color? Yep we have it! The woods are coming alive with color this morning Mr Tungett's cabin, Wildflower. Some cabins just belong to certain people and Wildflower is his, along with a few others Color at the lake this morning Not sure I want to clean cabins today and would rather sit at the lake and take... Read more

Excerpt: Too many sad phone calls have come to me in the last month. Once again we say goodbye to a good one. Mr Tungett passed away this morning after a long battle. Mr Tungett and his wife Marilyn started coming to the resort back in 1963 with their kids Dave, Linda, Eleanor and Mike. Over the years they developed... Read more

Excerpt: The colors along Lower Kaubashine are amazing. Had to stop and take a few pics on my drive home Then you arrive at your destination. What could be happening at the resort. All was well when I left...... I came home to find the guys on top of Birchwood doing things that did not look good..... Never think there... Read more

Excerpt: The maples are starting to go on fire It is still not peak, just parts here and there. We have not been that cold so that has slowed down the color Wildflower looking peacefully at the lake More maples down by the water starting to turn In other news, Troy and Ben have been busy refilling the shed. Next... Read more

Excerpt: First for everyone that needs a pretty color shot of the lake. Here is the hill this morning. Our color is behind and still has not reached peak. Colors will hopefully be good still for the next couple of weeks Big welcome to Penny (aka Penelope), the newest in a long line of resort dogs to call Black's Cliff... Read more

Excerpt: It was a magical, foggy lake morning with the loon fishing off the raft Looking for a fish. Sun slowly burning off the fog The loon continuing to fish in the distance The Lawon Family happily enjoying their morning coffee with the loon. Does not get much better than this Oh and Happy Birthday Joanne... Read more

Excerpt: Fall is in the air and leaves are slowly starting to change. Nothing dramatic yet. By this time next week there will be a big difference This last weekend was The Fall Ride in Tomahawk and the Northwoods rumbled for 3 days with the Harleys. We had 1/2 of the resort full of Harleys My favorite bike. I think... Read more

Excerpt: Fall is such a beautiful time of year in the Northwoods. But also brings the end of the season and a few losses Last week we lost a wonderful lady, Char Schmelzer, this week we lost another neighbor in that week, Aunt Betty. Char and Aunt Betty were resort neighbors and spent many hours enjoying each others company over... Read more

Excerpt: I was eating a hot dinner an looked out at the lake and had to leave my dinner, grab the camera and run to the lake. These pics are dedicated to Paul and his need for a new screen saver. Enjoy everyone and especially Paul Makes me wish I had grabbed my SLR so the pixel ratio was higher... Read more

Excerpt: I received one of the saddest calls in a long time. We lost a member of the Black's Cliff Resort Family. Char Schmelzer past away yesterday. She and her husband Jack drove into the driveway in 1972 and became part of the resort. Jack past a way a few years ago and Char and the rest of the family... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I loaded up the red ski boat and headed to Lake Minocqua. Our cleaning was done for the day and time to go play It is a different view when cruising from the lake instead of being in Minocqua or driving across the bridge Time to remember what bouy's mean and slide under the bridge Cruising the... Read more

Excerpt: It has been an absolutely beautiful weekend at the lake. Last round of summer weather before the color starts and fall temps It has been a golden weekend in more ways than one Jackie Thompson brought up the hit of the weekend. Little 8 week old Rosie. How can you resist an 8 week old golden retriever puppy. Answer... Read more

Excerpt: Those out there who are taking care of their parents with memory problems will understand this entry. Laurel's dad will never remember this trip out onto the lake. Laurel knows though through research the the feeling of euphoria with people like her dad lasts for 3 days after doing something enjoyable. For her this trip was not about a... Read more

Excerpt: We are getting peeks of color around the resort. The maples are giving hints of what is to come This maple is by Shamrock and Kaubashine and always one of the prettiest in the resort when it goes ... Read more