Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Anyone remember these 3 guys. All of them worked for atleast a summer at the resort. John Thompson on the left was 1965, Kevin Kane in the middle was early or mid 70's and Paul Zaremba was mid to late 70's. They had a lot of fun and dug a lot of fish holes and greece traps, took a... Read more

Excerpt: It has been great beach weather. We have had many visitors having fun in the swimming area. Even the green kind...... The noodles are out and the fun is being had from adults to.... Lauren who scooped up more water than her mom Amy could believe. She kept the mud flowing and the sand castles watered Big sister Abigail... Read more

Excerpt: It was an absolutely beautiful start to a July day on Lower Kaubashine. The lake has cleared out from all the pollen in June and is clear as can be I am not sure my pictures do it justice just how clear it is right now when the lake is still An even better beach day. Little Sydney was... Read more

Excerpt: Charlie aka, Charles, is one of my favorite resort dogs who visits. He is absolutely obsessed with balls. I have seen him dig in 3 feet of snow to find his ball and always comes back with it. That is why I was so sad to hear he got diabetes and lost his eye sight. How would Charlie enjoy... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July means one thing at Black's Cliff, time for the annual Roy Tungett horseshoe tournament. Mr Tungett could not join us this year and it put a bit of a damper on the tournament without his family there as well, but the show went on. We all wish Mr Tungett a speedy recovery The partners and brackets... Read more

Excerpt: For anyone who needs a nice sunset pic. This was awesome! I stopped by the fish house to see what Rich and Eric were catching Not bad, they have found the crappie and a nice bass The Theil family was also out having fun with bass. Colin and his dad Chris spent a fun few days on the lake... Read more

Excerpt: Summer is in full swing. Temps are up and the beach is the place to be There is a chair calling your name If you are in the under 12 set, it is definitely the place to be Just Chilling, like Julia Or racing down the slide like Amelia Or if you are like Holdon, hanging out with grandpa... Read more

Excerpt: Calm before the storm. Minocqua is building up and getting ready for the chaos of the 4th of July. The roads are getting busier, lake busier and the grocery store definitely busier. But it still has its quiet moments Mack manages to find those moments for a nap. The ruff life of a resort dog The grills have been... Read more

Excerpt: It was maybe 60 degrees yesterday. Linda is our most die hard sun bather and has perfected goose pimple sunbathing. It the sun so much as peaks out she enjoys it. Otherwise she sits back wrapped up and enjoys the view Other people were getting real goose pimples. Jake, Troy and Grant got in the water to raise the... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a busy few days at the beach. You would not know it looking at this heron on the raft. Summer fun has gotten going. Lots of laughs and screams from the beach Not much different than summers gone by The bathing suits have changed a little and the dock is an L now and not a... Read more

Excerpt: Once in awhile we get to play tourist and have some fun in downtown Minocqua. We stopped in at Minocqua Popcorn Company as someone in our family knows someone working at Minocqua Popcorn And here is our favorite Popcorn lady Michele on the right who is responsible for making our family addicted to cheese and carmel popcorn combo. There... Read more

Excerpt: The flowers along the roadside have been amazing lately. Daisies are the main show right now Indian Paint brushes are just getting in bloom I do not remember the name of these yellow ones. They are always with the Indian Paint Brushes Honeysuckles are also in full bloom. If you bit off the very tops of the crowns you... Read more

Excerpt: Thank you to the Pletcher family for sharing some of their great pics from last week. Looks like a great week was had by all They caught the new duck family at the lake. Please remember I have duck food for sale this year to feed them. White bread and crackers causes a deformity in their wings when growing... Read more

Excerpt: Last day of school and ready to take the plunge toward junior year for the girls Miranda and Alli, senior year for Ben and Michael and sophomore year for Grant Taking the jump into the lake on the last day of school and the leap to being a senior in high school Bring on Summer! Someone else is ready... Read more

Excerpt: It was a peaceful morning at the lake. Rain last night and storms but peaces and calm this morning. Enjoy! Raft floating in the morning. I heard I missed a pic yesterday of the raft full of a few late July folks who are up enjoying a few June days The story here was a catch and release morning... Read more

Excerpt: I had this really nice walleye pic shared with me by Jimmy Cikowski who caught it this week. I can't remember the inches he said it was. Nice fish Jimmy! Mike Rose also reported a huge muskie he got to rise but while fighting it lost it. The big pontoon made it in the lake and ready for summer... Read more

Excerpt: I found kids swimming in the lake! They were shivering a bit but their smiles say everything No dad my teeth are not chattering I can swim all day, I am part fish Meanwhile on the other docks there was a blog entry waiting to happen. What are they up to? Steve in one boat and Troy on the... Read more

Excerpt: After a long few weeks of getting the resort ready we were tired on Friday and Katie stopped by catching us relaxing. She made some comment about when she was a kid there was no standing around...... It was time to go down the road to Hilltop for the first Kaubashine Cooler of the summer with Mary Ellen. Love... Read more

Excerpt: Cliff had to come out of the basement once again to present the winnings of our ice out contest to one more winner. Cliff was sporting some nice reading glasses today. Everytime he comes out of the basement I never know what the latest fashion will be Jimmy Cikowski getting his half of the winnings from Ice Out 2015... Read more

Excerpt: I am in the swimming area and there is something missing..... docks, slide,raft, boats...... Did I pick the right waders? Is that a leak by my right foot..... Dang Steve got the leaky waders this year. Troy is happy and smiling in the new waders he smartly claimed before Steve made it to the beach Meeting of the minds... Read more