Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: These pics are for Ruth who is arriving in a week to Eagles Nest. Hope these get you through the week Ruth. Your pier is waiting for you. Mike and Carmella too Meanwhile I am going to work on spring cleaning and cleaning out Eagles Nest. Certain squirrels I know sneak over and store lots of stuff in Eagles... Read more

Excerpt: Cliff has spent the last few weeks drying out after taking a plunge into Lower Kaubashine for the 2015 Ice Out Contest. One of the winners showed up to collect their winnings Lyndsey was happy to see Cliff had made it out of the water and not gotten sick after his long sit on the ice. There were quite... Read more

Excerpt: These chairs are calling your name. Can you hear it? Back to painting and getting the resort ready for this weekend. We have only 3 cabins left if you heard the call of the chairs. Wildflower, Norway and Red Pine... Read more

Excerpt: All peaceful on Lower Kaubashine this afternoon. Peeper frogs peeping, loons calling and the hum of mosquitos just hatching can be heard. Time to sit at the bench at the lake an enjoy a few peaceful minutes. No boats on the lake all was quiet... except for loons, frogs and mosquitos Back to work solving the puzzle of where... Read more

Excerpt: I took these pictures last night arriving back to the resort from picking Jake up at college in Appleton. Spend a day driving through cities and cement jungles and you appreciate this view more Jake being away from the resort for 2 months says he can feel the difference in the air quality between here and the fox valley... Read more

Excerpt: It has been some busy days at the resort. Paint has been flying Fresh coat of paint here and there now that the temps have improved Bass Buggy with new furniture and new carpet. Looking good! Looking good. Only problem is in wiring, in the process of reducing the wires on the boat for things we are not using... Read more

Excerpt: If you ask Troy his least favorite job in the spring, hands down, he will tell you straightening the docks and wall. The ice during the winter heaves up some of the pilings that keep the wall and docks in place. In the spring it is time to straighten them Troy is on day 3 of dock straightening with... Read more

Excerpt: Spring is springing around the resort. I wish we had more time to enjoy it but work is calling. Memorial Day Weekend is early this year and we have a resort to get ready The Bass Buggy pontoon has been getting some attention. We had Don and Laura Quackenbush come up to the resort to work on the furniture... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful 70 degree afternoon and it was time to go to Cedar Falls 10 minutes from the resort to see the muskie's spawning in the water fall. We were not to be disappointed Amazing to get so close to the big fish There are 3 of them in the picture by the rock I caught another one waving his... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I had been watching Cliff all day. I thought the ice would hold for another day or two, but at 4 pm we had to call it. Cliff went down April 8th at 4pm z Cliff takes the plunge Here he was at noon and we were not ready to call it yet. So who are the... Read more

Excerpt: It was time to head out of town for the weekend for a little R and R before the busy resort season starts. Sir Charles looked ready to watch the place and keep an eye on things for us His side kick Abby, is quite a party girl with the local boys but she looked ready to help out... Read more

Excerpt: Snow returned again to Lower Kaubashine. I took these pictures Monday morning where the road meets the lake. Enjoy. I believe this will be a calendar picture next year Atleast the snow that came was pretty The maple trees where going a bit overboard with all these up and down temps. We had to go to our big evaporation... Read more

Excerpt: This weekend we had a bit more snow come down. Hoping this is the last snowfall or close to it When it is snowing time to go to town for some good food. We stopped by Friday for the fish fry at The Boat House. The Boat House has changed hands the last few years from the Bosaki's to... Read more

Excerpt: We left for a few days for spring break and came home to find the lake melting away. Cliff was hanging out in the late afternoon sun Shoreline melting away at the beach Cliff has a ways to go before taking the drop into the lake but it is getting closer. Since taking the pictures above the temps dropped... Read more

Excerpt: Spring has been slowly melting the lake and getting it to change colors That does not stop ice fishermen from heading out. March is a ice fisherman's dream, the snow melts off the lake and it is easier to get around. That is as long as the ice stays thick enough The darker ice is creeping out slowly to... Read more

Excerpt: First for anyone who just needs a pic of the hillside this morning. Snow is just about gone and cold wind off the lake For anyone who just wants to know what the guys are up to, Steve was wandering around wondering what to do today. He walked in the basement and came out with 3 projects and I... Read more

Excerpt: Spring got put on hold for a couple of days. Winter made a return Our maple trees stopped dripping and froze up Before the snow and cold the trees were producing a lot of sap. With the cold I had to break up the frozen sap left in the bags. It was sad to see the trees stop flowing... Read more

Excerpt: Warm sunrise started out the day Guys continuing their projects. Steve continuing his job of carpeting a path for Murry and Linda this summer to the beach. Murry has volunteered the financing of the project Meanwhile Troy working on some carpets inside of Muskie Heading to the beach, Cliff was basking in the sun. Time to get those ice... Read more

Excerpt: A lot of warm weather had made a lot of changes at the lake. Cliff looked like he was sleeping in the sun. The hockey rink was looking like its own small lake Shore line showing signs of spring Strange black streaks in the ice always give a person pause when walking past. Time to get Cliff tied in... Read more

Excerpt: Who needs the NCAA March Madness picks when the only real pick that matters is picking the day Cliff will plunge into Lower Kaubashine for ice out. Here is our list of entries this year March 19 Acelyn Zierke March 25th Briza Bryden March 26th Craig Novak March 28th Conner Novak April 1st Baeah Bryden April 4th Jen Bryden... Read more