Black's Cliff Blog

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: 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: View along the road to the resort. I have decided I have become to reliant on my iphone camera which does take nice pictures and is always with me. I need to bring my nicer better quality camera along more. This is from my Cannon xsi Road to paradise What is on the needles? I finished a 2 pair... Read more

Excerpt: We shall start out with the good news. Fishing is definitely picking up. Brent caught this nice 35 inch muskie this week and released it. Thanks for sharing the picture Brent! Jeannie got sick while up north and did not get to go shopping in town. Instead as she was feeling better came down to the Looney Bin and... 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

Excerpt: Troy and I went for pontoon boat ride in the afternoon. Hope you enjoy the pics around the lake. Bear Den's dock is above Loon showing its winter plumage We finally got a good pic of the bee hive hanging over the lake in the shoreline. I few people have told us about this hive hanging out from the... Read more

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Excerpt: Color peaking through at Bear Den View from Red Pine on a quiet afternoon Less people means time for projects Red Pine is getting some stone walk ways around the house The reason for not a lot of blog entries this weekend was we took Jake back for year 2 at Lawrence University. Good luck Jake study hard of... Read more

Excerpt: When Craig goes shopping, Craig goes shopping. He is the only one I know of that requires a semi to deliver his goodies. Lets just say Menards loves him and we now have enough patio block for a couple of years. Where will it go? It is not completely decided but he got a great deal. That is when... Read more

Excerpt: When it is a beautiful fall afternoon and the colors are out the woods are calling. No better way to see the woods than by horseback. I happen to have a sister 15 minutes away with 3 horses to ride and it was time to go for a ride in the woods with the color. There are 3 riding... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I had not been out to Kitty Springs in awhile and decided to head down the trail and see if we had any storm damage or trees down. The top of the big hill half way to Kitty Springs is my favorite outlook with the big towering Red and White Pines along the trail Still a lot... Read more

Excerpt: I stopped by Shamrock to find the Peissig family having a carving lesson. I see lots of groups whittling sticks around the campfire and what this family was doing gave whittling a whole new dimension Don showing off some of his great creations. Wonderful work! This was their first of hopefully many trips to the resort Dan and Kaitlin... Read more

Excerpt: Labor Day Weekend fun, the Oster and Ament families were up enjoying the lake and the last beach days. They would like everyone else the last week of July to know they were missed and a toast was given to them on the white dock. There are a lot of days clocked by this group. To many years to... Read more