Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Nothing is as exciting as the day the new septic gets installed. Craig is in Arizona and believe me he wishes he was here. Something about digging up and old tank and ripping up lots of the yard gets the blood pumping with excitement in the Black Family. I just look at it as a 10,000 dollar bill in... Read more

Excerpt: Winter Park is opening for Thanksgiving Weekend. Here is info for anyone that is interested. 2 cabins left for Thanksgiving. Just bring your blaze orange is going skiing. We are thankful for our trails and guests...and we miss you already Before our full chalet & trails opening on Monday, December 1, Winter Park will open for another special session of... Read more

Excerpt: Deer Camp 2014 arrived this weekend. We had 5 groups of hunters at the resort. Most of them regulars. Over the years they have established their spots in our 120 acres we have in addition to the resort. With the restrictions on doe hunting this year it was a lean year for hunting. We did have one of our... Read more

Excerpt: When the resort quiets down in the offseason the deer get a little bolder. This one came walking past our house during the Packer Game on Sunday at twilight. I almost thought she was going to go down the beach steps. The deer have been coming in for acorns and eating our pumpkins Deer Hunters start arriving on Friday... Read more

Excerpt: Winter has arrived a little early. The fire pits are all set but you have to be quite hearty to sit and enjoy a fire, but if you bring something along... The best way to keep yourself warm by a fire in the winter. Only thing is you need more thing.. Your best friends. The warmth of some whiskey... Read more

Excerpt: Apparently Hazelhurst is the epicenter of the polar vortex snow storm How much snow did we get... how much is coming... we lost track Steps to the beach somewhere under all that snow Raft slowly sinking under the weight of snow Craig texted from Arizona wondering how much snow we had gotten. I sent him this picture. Did I... Read more

Excerpt: Truck parked next to Muskie Inn..... Tools on the back step.... means one thing, the guys have a new project. With cold rain and possibly snow coming tonight they have decided to fix Muskie's porch roof They have one day to rip off and put the new ice shield roof on. Craig had it delivered on one of his... Read more

Excerpt: The guys needed me to hold something for their roofing project at Muskie and talked me into coming up the ladder. This can be a comical feat as I hate going up on the roofs and getting on and off the ladder. Muskie's porch roof is one of the few I will go on. While on the roof and... Read more

Excerpt: I conned Troy into helping me put a canoe back in the water to take a few pics from out in the lake this morning. Had to also go to Eagles Nest to find a paddle, where they had all been put away Heading down the shoreline in a stiff breeze The Point was prettier than the picture does... Read more

Excerpt: Snow arrived and we were almost ready for it... almost. Beach chairs up from the beach looking a bit forlorn this morning in their winter coat of snow Pumpkins this morning were a little confused. This one had its brain frozen and was still smiling Eyes open and realizing that snow had invaded Halloween. Not happy about it one... Read more

Excerpt: The leaves are off the trees and it is time to get to blowing and raking the resort Steve armed with one of our blowers to do the first task which is to blow all the roofs off The views are great from the roof tops. He can have the views, I will stay on the ground We had... Read more

Excerpt: Late fall and the fall shut down has started. The big white pier is out of the water and the slide looks very lonely without it The raft seems to be floating in the middle of the lake aimlessly Boats are still in the lake through this weekend Leaves are mostly on the ground The bees nest that freaked... Read more

Excerpt: Katie and Jack every year share with me their favorite vacation pics. In between naps on Birchwood's swinging bed they snapped a few pics Fishing with dad on one of the last warm days to enjoy the blue dock Hmm.... why is the fishing pole left on the beach? Maybe they were enjoying the sun too much to throw... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful fall day at the resort. Warm breeze and fall colors still popping Lake levels again still up. We had a lot of rain Monday and Tuesday. Time to get the big pontoon out of the water and take some chairs up as well Filling the boat up is the easiest way to get the chairs and other things... Read more

Excerpt: I asked Steve to share some pics. He grabbed this one down on our new land by Kitty Springs of the old Muskrat fence grown around a tree. Hiking in that land you find scenes like this all over the land. We are slowly cleaning up the old fence Steve goes nowhere without chopping down a dead tree or... Read more

Excerpt: You will have to wait for the end of the blog entry to find out about the siren in the swamp. The guys have been busy taking out extra boats and getting them cleaned up Troy spraying worm dirt out of the bottom of the boats Cleaned up and ready to be piled away for winter Boat yard aka... Read more

Excerpt: No blog entries the last few days as we were unexpectedly called out of town. We were very happy to return on the road to the resort. There are still leaves on the trees and it is still beautiful Nice to be back home... Read more

Excerpt: Picture from yester year of our home before it went through many remodels. We are out of town for a few days so no new blog entries will be up. No worries will be back after the weekend to pics on a more regular basis when we are happily all back home. If you call the resort you will... Read more

Excerpt: Leaves have been falling but it is still very pretty outside. Looking from Wildflower towards Bayview and Muskie Steps to Wildflower Always one of my favorite panoramic pics 3 cabins left this weekend if you need to escape... Read more

Excerpt: Brett and Annette Geildenfelt were out fishing and hooked this nice 19.5 inch bass. Time to make soup Hungarian Fish Soup was on the menu Annette also caught this pretty fall color pic along the lake. Thanks for sharing your pics! In other news, Christmas is 88 days away and the socks have been flying off the sock maker... Read more