Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: It is the Northwoods and once in awhile visitors enter that we would rather not have. It never fails once a summer or so, someone comes running "There is a Bat in my cabin!" Well this time the joke was on me. I enter our house to see my husband with a net armed in the livingroom yelling at... Read more

Excerpt: A couple of people at the resort heard it was Howard Berchtold's 80th birthday.. word spread.. I don't know how... Julie might have had something to do with it. In the end we had I believe everyone at the resort plus a few gather on the playground. Assembling for the picture alone was entertaining Our intrepid photographer Yi-Ping setting... Read more

Excerpt: What has been going on for the last 4 days of no entries... Well my computer is finally fixed and the disks removed from the disk drive 45 dollars later. Much better than taking a chance with a butter knife in my disk drive Steph was having deep thoughts and much consideration to the new beach chairs or the good... Read more

Excerpt: To some this is the ideal vacation a bobber a worm... sitting on the pier without a care in the world. Jess definitely fits this mold Then along comes Jimmy.. So what are you catching.... anything big in there... Jess's response "it is not the size of the fish but it is sitting on the dock see if you... Read more

Excerpt: If you are a retired resort owner has has dug more septics than the local septic company there is nothing that gives you more pleasure than watching your grandchildren dig up the tank that is causing a minor problem He gets out of his chair to give pointers. At this point he is describing all sorts of things he... Read more

Excerpt: To understand why this boat has developed a cult like following you have but to look in the faces of the 16 years old that were let loose for the first time with it. That same joy is in the twinkle of everyone that has ever driven it. Jake's friend Brian said "That is one sweet ride" Jake is... Read more

Excerpt: We will be off line til Monday. Some unnamed person stuck 2 disks in my Mac Book Pro and the computer drive keeps trying to kick them out. Until I get them on on Monday I am not spending time on the computer because the drive keeps running. So today I will stock pile pics for Monday. The idea of... Read more

Excerpt: Bananagrams is the name of the game and Muskie is the place to be Char not thrilled with having her picture taken was showing me the ropes along with Anne on how to play Bananagrams. Not pictured is Bill who is studying the dictionary and memorizing all the 3 letter words Bill won the first round with all his... Read more

Excerpt: 8:30 at night and still 80 degrees with 80 percent humidity... what to do with no air conditioning? and no breeze I will give you a hint Some of this Some of that.. More to be continued tomorrow. Then there are those that prefer to get wet and watch from a distance... Read more

Excerpt: After a bit of lobbying on the part of 7 grandchildren, to their grandfather, the red and white ski boat is out of the moth balls. It just made it back from having its engine tuned up and it has been given the green light. This boat pulled more skiers from 1950 - to the 1980's than anyother one... Read more

Excerpt: For several years this big log has been sitting at the end of the log pile. I do not remember the year it came but it has been several years, it has been cut around, piled around, recut around.... Nobody has felt like taking it on and cutting it up. Today was the day the big log went down... Read more

Excerpt: Time to head down the road less traveled on a Geocaching adventure to the Islands of Lake Nokomis with my friend Grace in the lead. You know it is going to be an adventuresome day when the pavement runs out and you are on gravel roads with no idea where we are At the boat landing we introduced Kim... Read more

Excerpt: I had a couple of other nice pictures shared with me from last week. This nice 17 inch bass was caught by Chris Nobody was complaining about not catching crappie last week. They have definitely been biting... Read more

Excerpt: It was a quiet day at the lake and a certain furry, 4 legged beast snuck down to the beach to see what was going on Quietly sneaking out on to the dock hoping I do not notice he is at the beach during swimming hours while dogs are not allowed. Shh don't tell the boss I am here... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July week means one thing, time for the 4th of July horseshoe tournament. Mr Tungett orgainzes it every year on his manila paper and we all show up in the correct spot Families gather, the younger end of the Tungett family Linda, Dave and Eleanore Some grab a beer Some grab a label maker.... Label maker... who... Read more

Excerpt: Wanna end your vacation on a bright note? The secret to this light display that amazes everyone is an old Boy Scout trick. All i will say is there are no fireworks involved, booms, bangs or noise of any sort. Just the whirl of a rope. Wanna know how this happens consult your closest Eagle Scout. Thanks to Matt... Read more

Excerpt: I went to download the pictures off my camera and found these gems amongst my 4th of July pictures. Apparently I was not paying attention to what the kids were doing or where my camera was. The bear in the front yard was taking on a new look Run! Aunt Jenny will never know what we did to the... Read more

Excerpt: Julia and her Aunt Mandy came by with this little guy in there hands. It is a baby snapping turtle. You can tell by the high ridge on its back. They grow quite big and you would never think of picking up and adult like this Thanks Julia and Amanda for sharing your find. Everyone will be happy to... Read more

Excerpt: Yep the crappies are biting. Mr Tungett has dialed into them and has hit the honey hole of crappies... Read more

Excerpt: Eric and Heather shared their vacation pics with me. They had fun catching the loons in action I was still in bed and heard a ruckus with the loons at about 6am luckily Eric and Heather were up and caught this picture while I was still in bed and not getting up. Glad they caught this gaggle of loons... Read more