Black's Cliff Blog

Excerpt: Although we still feel buried in snow and there is plenty around to play in for the next couple of weeks, you can definitely feel spring around the corner. Icicles have started popping up everywhere. The birds have to be careful how they approach our suet feeder While it has been warmer out, the work in the office building... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is getting deep. I think this will be the max for the snow depth this winter. 1 John Deer Gator + 2 teenagers + 2 sleds +1 golden retriever = fun around the driveway With the snow piling up outside Steve got the planer out and got started hanging the office windows Hours of watching "This Old... Read more

Excerpt: Winter means.... logs covered in snow and..... Time to cut and split wood. Tools of the trade a maul and car tire The winter side of the woodshed is getting a little thin. 2 1/2 piles left The pile for summer is just about there Question is can you see what is different about the wood we are now... Read more

Excerpt: Do you think you have what it takes to run a resort? Do you have the ability to face down a 150 lb Saint Bernard who's owners are at the hospital after a snowmobile accident and the dog needs to pee? Do you have the ability to be a dog whisperer to coax 150lbs of reluctant and slightly growling... Read more

Excerpt: Drop the temp 10 degrees for whatever you are thinking it looks like outside. Wind and snow whipping across the lake I made it to the top of the steps and found this face looking at me. He was clueless as to why in the world I would walk down to the cold lake I walked right past him... Read more

Excerpt: Day off school for teacher inservice + new snow = time to go skiing Time to go skiing + figuring out how to get the skies back on after a year = tangle of legs and a few foul words. Skis on + awesome trails = eventually happy parents Down the trail we go Fresh legs and the beginning... Read more

Excerpt: Yesterday was pretty misty snow in the trees, today real snow that mounted up and had to be plowed Bayview in the snow Hillside loaded with snow Stairwell by Wildflower Wildflower Summer seems a long way off in this pic Since I took pics yesterday at the lake I thought it would be interesting to compare today with the... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmnorthwoods Enjoy this video taken by a photographer in Boulder Junction of the wild albino deer in the area. Boulder Junction is 15 minutes from the resort and a beautiful place to visit in the Northwoods... Read more

Excerpt: I had a local artist Greg Peck make my new office table top. I gave Greg the specifications for size and he came up with this amazing piece that we will connect to a bottom. I have several of Greg's tables in the resort. Red Pine and Kaubashine have coffee tables he made and Shamrock has a beautiful corner... Read more

Excerpt: It is absolutely beautiful this morning with a misty snow freezing on the trees. The hillside is covered in white The pines collecting the mist With all the snow we received this week we have given up on our ice skating rink. That did not stop these two from shoveling off a small patch. Mack enjoying a good roll... Read more

Excerpt: We volunteered this weekend to help out at aid station number 5 on the Wolf Tracks ski race at Winter Park this weekend. After 2 delays due to - temps the race finally went off at 10:30 am at a balmy 0 degrees. It was a marathon race that qualified skiers for the Birkie in Hayward later in the... Read more

Excerpt: So here is the question of the day. We did Steve think he grabbed in this picture and what did he actually grab. Answer coming tomorrow but I would love to see the guesses BlacksCliff1975 I had the above letter sent to me by Bob and Tammy Robotka from 1975 written by my mother Trudy Black. I thought a... Read more

Excerpt: Underneath the piling up snow is the corner of the raft sticking out. I am unofficially calling it a foot of snow in the woods that has built up in the last 2 weeks from the snow fall. Plenty to have fun in the woods this weekend and beyond. We have more coming in all week long Snow lightly... Read more

Excerpt: My sister Katie shared these pictures of her horses in the snow this afternoon. We received 6 inches of new snow and the horses were out enjoying it by her house in Minocqua Maggie and Quinn wondering where the food was and if Katie had a blanket for them for the night Nothing like a black horse in the... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone ever wonder what happened to all the old french windows from the cabins? When the cabins were winterized all the old neat french windows were taken out and put in storage along with old doors. Never fear they are safe and sound and some may recognize a few of these old beauties Since the first time I started... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZG9kP9kAiY I am not a big poetry lover but this is a poem my mom loved and read to us many nights by the campfire. It was a cold day and I was thinking of The Cremation of Sam Magee this afternoon who only wanted to get the cold out of his bones as I gazed at our woodstove ... Read more

Excerpt: Over the weekend I would say we have picked up 8 or so inches of beautiful snow. Enough to finally see folks out enjoying winter skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling. Snowmobiles were back and had to review the rules of cars driving on the road passing or being passed by snowmobiles with Jake. It is a bit unnerving to... Read more

Excerpt: Droopy Pines vs Drooy Drawers. I am not sure which is worse Droopy Drawers: Having to constantly look at teenage boys with their underwear hanging out of the top of their jeans. Ladies would you please make these boys the pariah of dates so they will finally change their ways and pull their pants up. Droopy Pines: When the... Read more

Excerpt: Everyone is allowed a mistake once in awhile and I made one of the summer rate sheet We raised all the cabins in the summer a gentle 2% the last few years and one year took no raise due to the bad economy everyone was experiencing together. This year we decided to include linen and took the cabins up 3%... Read more

Excerpt: Bird House snow report. We got about 2 inches last night and it is still snowing this morning so about 3 inches of light fluffy new snow to play in this weekend. Enough to get us to possibly head to the tubing hill at Winter Park on Saturday and who knows maybe even our first ski of the season... Read more