Black's Cliff Blog

Excerpt: A few sights of Christmas around the resort. We have about 15 trees lit up through the resort Beautiful Charlie Brown tree cut across the road from the resort and decorated beautifully by the Schwerman family All I want for Christmas is a tripod with all its parts so I can take good pics at night. Wigwam lit up... Read more

Excerpt: We finally got some snow last night. It is starting to look a little more like Christmas around here. We could sure use more snow but we are happy the ground is white for now One thing we have a lot of is ice. I believe this picture is of Lake Minocqua taken by Steve. We have great ice... Read more

Excerpt: I have had numerous requests for pictures of our office/communtiy building that is under work. We are getting ready to open it partially for Christmas week. Got a wreath on it to jazz it up a bit. The sauna is back in operation with a new door on the left side of the pic Troy getting the old sauna... Read more

Excerpt: Bird House snow report. This was taken at 11:15 am this morning and snow was still coming down. We are supposed to be in the 4 - 6 inch range. This will be a nice amount to get the ski trails going. Not sure about snowmobiling Trees by Shamrock coated in beautiful fluffy snow Good day to decorate the... Read more

Excerpt: I am not sure how to describe what came down for precipitation in the last 24 hours except to say "Wet Stuff" Rain... sleet.... snow.... rain.. more sleet.... more snow.... I have seen some ice fishermen on Lake Katherine, but I think their sanity needs to be checked. They are calling for more snow on Wednesday and using the... Read more

Excerpt: Rain, sleet and snow combo over the last few days has left us with wonderful sleek ice to have fun on. I am not sure on the thickness so am passing on heading out on it for now, but that will not last long. The weather men have been talking up a storm on Thursday which would cover all... Read more

Excerpt: This picture was shared to me by Alan Pierce. Something to shoot for, art in a woodstack. I am kind of scared of showing this picture to Steve and see what he comes up with... Read more

Excerpt: Snapping a quick photo as I was eating breakfast this morning. We had light snow all day yesterday which kept the snow in the pines An hour later, lake looking cold and snowy Strange hole about 50 feet out from shore. What would make this hole? Tracks in the snow going to the hole. I have no idea what... Read more

Excerpt: We were out of town for a few days and returned to the resort to find the lake frozen over Boats in hibernation Time to head inside and button down the hatches. We have several cabins left open for deer hunting season and 2 cabins left for Thanksgiving Birchwood and Red Pine. Give a call if interested. Christmas to... Read more

Excerpt: Front yard this morning coated in a fresh layer of snow. Grant said this morning on the way to school "Now it looks like December again" My favorite weather forecaster John Dee is looking very optimistic for December snow. Check him out at www.johndee.com click on Forecast Graphic and Forecast Text. He usually updates by 10 am Mon -... Read more

Excerpt: Been a lot of frozen lake pictures lately, but that is what is going on and they are pretty, and taking pictures of Troy changing all the batteries in the smoke detectors is just not that exciting. The lake froze a bit more this morning. Winter has returned and snow is in the forecast. We had a very light... Read more

Excerpt: The lake had been all frozen over but, 4 days of above average temps and rain did some damage. The middle is letting loose this morning Shoreline still frozen but it may not last the day Dang, don't even think of asking me to step out on that... Maybe I can be in luck and the scary ice will... Read more

Excerpt: This post is for John Thompson Sr. who wanted to know how our office was coming along. Troy and Steve were finishing up the insulation today. It is slowly getting warmer each day . Troy and Steve have a radiant heater going and the colder it gets outside the more that is getting done inside. By Christmas we will... Read more

Excerpt: Lower Kaubashine has been frozen over the last few days. It is getting warmer this weekend in the 40's and 50's by Monday before cooling back off. Will the lake stay frozen over? That is it... nothing more.... sorry nothing else terribly interesting going on in the Northwoods.. office being worked on.. blankets being washed... ovens being cleaned... cleaning... Read more

Excerpt: The first weekend in December has been wreath making weekend in the Black family for as long as I can remember. Maynard taught Craig and Craig taught me how to make wreathes and it has been one of our family Christmas traditions that have carried down to our boys Jake, Ben and Grant who look forward to doing it... Read more

Excerpt: I have a little something for everyone today. The ice has been slowly creeping across the lake. I caught this sunrise yesterday (this morning there was a 50 foot section left in the middle but missed a picture of that). I worked yesterday on the 2013 calendar for the resort and got it done. This is the featured picture... Read more

Excerpt: Drum roll please..... Above is the featured cover photo of the 2013 Black's Cliff Calendar I have the Calendars done and ready to fly on Walgreens. They are 19.99 and this week for the first 5 who call they are 40 percent off. I have a coupon for Walgreens that I can use 5 times but that is it... Read more

Excerpt: What a difference a couple of days makes. Thanksgiving folks were fishing and going out in row boats and today, Saturday we woke up to a lake freezing over Kaubashine and Shamrock's dock ... Read more

Excerpt: The Sokolis Family shared a few pictures with me from their Thanksgiving weekend in Restawhile. They booked Thanksgiving months ago wishing they would see snow on Thanksgiving. Watch what you wish for. They saw every form of weather from this beautiful 60 degree day to 24 hours later.... Same boat but different day. Quite a change, but the kids... Read more

Excerpt: The last week has been warmer than normal the the ice we had on the lake retreated. The morning sunrises have been amazing with the foggy warm glow Enjoy your Thanksgiving... Read more