Black's Cliff Blog

Excerpt: One of my memories of my grandma Millie Black was making and eating her homemade applesauce. Over the years I have made it and it always gets gobbled up. It is very easy to make and can, or just eat. I picked up a bushel of local apples from our local farmer's market sour small ones that are cheap... Read more

Excerpt: It is blackberry season. Time to head down our secret firelanes after the berries. Picking in our extra secret location. The hardest part of blackberry picking is dealing the prickers and mosquitos. Mosquitios defend blackberry patches with a vengence bigger the berry the more the mosquitos Best way to find berries is to follow the bear paths through the... Read more

Excerpt: I have enjoyed the last couple of years going to local craft fairs and flea markets and picking up local art work for the cabins. This beautiful table made out of a split piece of birch I picked up from Ravenwood Products here in Hazelhurst. Greg made this table from a matched split piece of birch. I had him... Read more

Excerpt: Foggy 1st day of school morning and I wandered down to the beach before breakfast to see who was hanging on the raft. Get ready for early morning lake pictures as with school starting. There were some campers out at the raft again Sneaking out on the dock slowly... practicing for busting teenage boys with girlfriends... ducks are good... Read more

Excerpt: I came down to the lake this morning to see a very strange assortment of birds on the raft. It looked like the United Nations of Birds having a meeting on the raft We had the long duck staying a distance from the Merganzers The lone seagull defending the other side of the raft The duck was not feeling... Read more

Excerpt: Ever wonder who makes the cabins so clean each Saturday? The best group of people I could ask to work with. We have laughed, cried bonded over spills and messes and been there for each other. Our newbie, Amy joined us this summer when Olga's husband Sergio had to spend Saturdays coaching socceer. We miss Sergio but Amy has... Read more

Excerpt: Wade who bow hunts on our 40 across the road from the resort sent me new pictures from his critter cam. This first one shows the corn he has set out in the woods to draw in animals. It sure attracted a few. Wade said the pictures were taken in the last month, so I think the dates on... Read more

Excerpt: There were a few cooks helping out with the cook out at Muskie Inn today. Everyone had an opinion on if the corn was done or not The head cook in her pink crocs had to come out and make a judgement call Yum time for dinner! Cook outs what better way to celebrate summer and family... Read more

Excerpt: Every Monday in the summer St Germaine hosts the best Flea Market in the Northwoods from Antique Dealers, Crafters to Produce Farmers. It is awesome and good food too. If you have not checked out this Northwoods treasure make it a destination for your next visit. One of the crafters is the lady who does the old pictures I... Read more

Excerpt: Even if it is towards the end of summer, there are still little swimmers learning how to swim in Lower Kaubashine Nothing better than to sit on the dock and do some splashing Then there are others like Rick and Inana who did not move much from this position all week. Now that is knowing how to relaxe There... Read more

Excerpt: David Sweet stopped in to visit his parents and pick up a friend he met last year and left behind. David caught his first muskie a Tiger Muskie and left it with the Taxidermist. It took a year and now the fish was ready to head back We learned a few things the night David caught this fish. Fish... Read more

Excerpt: I caught the following pictures just after a storm blew through and the sun was just peaking out. Enjoy ... Read more

Excerpt: Chipmunks are ground squirrels, usually they are not spotted in the trees. This is the 2nd year that I have caught them in the trees after the same thing. Cherries! We have 2 cherry trees just off our deck and they have a huge temptation for these ground loving chipmunks They are quite the acrobats up in the thin... Read more

Excerpt: Canoe on the van means... Time for Lake Superior.. and don't forget to tie down the back of the canoe after putting the dog in the car The reason we take the canoe to Lake Superior. To haul all our stuff down the beach Our destination today, Saxon Harbor about an hour and 15 minutes from the resort. Quick... Read more

Excerpt: We had a professional photographer Jim Backus from Magoo Nature Photography www.magoophoto.com stop in for pictures. Jim is taking pictures for a special project we have been chosen and signed up for. A book about Resorts of Wisconsin and the resorting tradition. Over the next few months the book will be coming together with the history of many of... Read more

Excerpt: What is Wisconsin without its unique small town events. Wife Carrying, Wife Ferrying and Pike Carrying took place in Torpy Park this weekend as a fund raiser for Minocqua Winter Park's trail fund. It was a fun time had by all and you got a free cool teeshirt for participating 4 heats of Wife Carrying started off the event... Read more

Excerpt: This is the way to go for a row boat ride. Pick the littlest kid in the boat and have them row everyone else around. Jillian did not seem to mind and was proudly rowing properly in the correct direction, not backwards. Her dad was a rower in college and is happily giving direction in this picture This is... Read more

Excerpt: Yep time to play Hookie.. is that how you spell Hookie... then again we all know I can't spell anyway so there is no reason to hide behind a spell checker:) Lake Superior finally! Yeah! Mack's first trip to the big lake. Any guesses if he goes in or if he quivers under my chair? Pictures to come tomorrow Til... Read more

Excerpt: The last few years I have been asked about doing memorials at the resort for guests who have passed. The resort becomes a place families have such a connection to that folks have wanted to have a memento of their relatives who spent some of their best days with their family at the resort. Aldo Leopold wrote once about... Read more

Excerpt: One of our favorite things of summer is hanging up our sky chairs on the deck. We don't have swinging beds in our house and the sky chair is our answer to swinging. Our kids fight over the one chair so this week we added a 2nd sky chair to our deck. 20 years ago we bought our original... Read more