Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I snuck down to the lake for some scenes from sunset, playing around with my camera. I liked the red effect in the water from sunset on the raft Decided to play with my tripod and no flash and got this cool pic of Muskie Inn with the lights on. I took 10 pictures to catch this one. Coming... Read more

Excerpt: Had to do a shout out to Eileen Wasson Happy Birthday today. This picture was taken last week when Eileen was at the resort skiing at 78 years old and 360 days. Today she is officially 79 and enjoyed her 66 summer on Lower Kaubashine. Hats off to you Eileen and we all hope we can follow your example... Read more

Excerpt: With some cooler nights some of the trees in the resort are giving a hint of fall colors. This is a maple by Shamrock's garbage can As I was loading these pictures on my computer from my Cannon XSI I realized that in 2.5 years I have taken 10,003 pictures with my Cannon as the camera reset itself back... Read more

Excerpt: Meanderings Around the Resort.... Mack would like everyone to know that is code word for knowing it is time to put up a blog entry and no pictures on the camera.... head out the door with the dog and the camera and see what we can find from treats for Mack to treats for the camera.. and time to... Read more

Excerpt: Cleaning out my purse this morning I discovered a few things I had been meaning to post that I picked up in the last week. So from the bottom of my purse to you, the new ATV trail map for Minocqua. In July the town board of Minocqua decided to open a few remote roads 11.5 milesfor use of... Read more

Excerpt: Looking for new pictures to take today I headed off meandering around the resort with my camera and came up with a few nice ones The Ellis family staying in Birchwood looking ready to enjoy a week at the cabin biking and kayaking I always hear from folks how surprised they are at how clear the lake is, something... Read more

Excerpt: My meandering photos from yesterday were quite popular so here is a 2nd batch taken from Kaubashine's pier Sea Gull posing for me I ran into a Grandson and Grandpa moment. Dan Kohler teaching his grandson Austin the finer points of casting. While we were taking this picture a bunch of bass jumped out of the water right in... Read more

Excerpt: Does anyone have a good caption for Mack the non swimming golden retriever gazing at a duck in the swimming area. What is going on in his head?... Read more

Excerpt: It was a high of 64 today and the camera was not inspired so I grabbed this one from a few years ago and thought I would share our new video that is coming to our new website in a few weeks Hats off to everyone in the last week of July who helped out putting up with being... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful cool day in the Northwoods. We barely hit the 70 mark and nobody was complaining. Perfect weather after the summer heat and humidity Good time to get started black berry picking. Berry pickers do not share their secret spots and I am no exception. Part of the fun is finding a trail and returning each year to pick... Read more

Excerpt: Family reunion of the Black Family always occurs in August when the East coast Black's come for a visit. Nothing makes a family reunion like a little war between the family using row boats. Boat Wars 2012 commenced. Dave Black Junior with Grant and Katie's son Conner in the closest boat vs. Steve and Katie's twins of terror Max... Read more

Excerpt: After spending a frustrating summer using our old internet system which consisted of an air card plugged into a router. It was time to make a change. Up to this point the air card using the cell phone towers has worked well. Until this summer.... my theory is too many smart phones in the area using the cell phone... Read more

Excerpt: Sign of a good vacation. Barbie Mermaid looks relaxed after a week at the beach Last afternoon for brothers to share a beer and some sun on the dock Last afternoon for a grandpa to spend with the cutest grandchild Time to catch the final fish of vacation Time to put the Thompson family beer float back into storage... Read more

Excerpt: I had to share with everyone the special lady who makes all the tie quilts I have added to the cabins the last few years. The Lutheran Dorcas society of Calvery Church led by my friend above makes these quilts in the winter with whatever fabric they find for free or cheap. They sell their wonderful quilts at a... Read more

Excerpt: Summer means time to head to Hilltop for a little volleyball action Our secret weapon.... Paul... Paul takes on a whole other demeanor when competition starts. Such intensity has not been seen since he tried to position the raft many years ago.... lets hope the volleyball game turns out better than the raft incident Such action and talent... does... Read more

Excerpt: Ben and Conner decided to do a 7am swim and this is the scene that greeted them. Ben knew that to get credit for a 7am swim we would need photographic evidence so he grabbed my camera and remembered to take the SD card out of the computer and insert it in the camera before going to the lake... Read more

Excerpt: I have tried to explain to many people why Lake Superior is worth the hour - hour and a half drive to experience from the resort. I hope this picture comes close to explaining it. Peace quiet and waves. It is hypnotic and uncrowded beaches. This was at Saxon Harbor a favorite haunt of ours in the summer The... Read more

Excerpt: Yes you read the thermometer right this was our high temp today and not one person complained about it There is just something cozy and relaxing about an over cast cool day in the Northwoods. I even spotted something I have not seen much of in the last month. Smoke out a chimmney There is just something about a... Read more

Excerpt: Almost 90 degrees and it was time to soak in the lake. Someone turned the humidity up The most impressive swimming feat of the day. Mora backfloating all the way to the raft and she did not spill a drop Insert music to Red Solo Cup here. This was the way to enjoy the day at the lake Others... Read more

Excerpt: We had a fun day at the resort. We had a photographer out taking pictures of the resort for a redo on our website. There were quite a few hams in the crowd who had fun with this project and you will be seeing those on the website in the next couple of months. Russ was getting to have... Read more