Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I just noticed that Walgreens is offering 33% off calendars through midnight December 4th. If you want any this might be the cheapest they go for, 40% is the best I have ever seen. I am in and out with basketball games and swim meet the next 24 hours so if you get the answering machine just leave a phone... Read more

Excerpt: View off the hill this morning. Lake frozen over with bare spots. We have rain/freezing rain/snow/sleet coming in the next few days. It will be interesting to see how this view changes Who is still boycotting frozen water? Usual view of the snag and the Point Tracks of I think a bunny on the lake. I think it would... Read more

Excerpt: I borrowed one of my new neighbors driveways to get a different picture of the lake today. We have had rain for 24 hours and the snow got pretty much wiped out the ice is hanging in there but getting thin. It is supposed to start snowing again today and temps are headed back down to highs in the... Read more

Excerpt: After a day of rain the temps dropped and a light snow made it seem more like the Holiday time Mack bravely heading down the steps ahead of me to check out the lake today. Yesterday it turned into a slushy rain puddle, and this morning looks all froze up again Anyone have a good caption for this picture... Read more

Excerpt: The featured cover picture for the Black's Cliff 2011 calendar. Plenty more pics can be found inside hopefully covering everything The calendar is 19.99 plus shipping through Walgreens. Give me a call if you want to order with a credit card, I have them sent directly to you through the mail. This week calendars are 30 percent off through... Read more

Excerpt: It took til the 2nd weekend of hunting but finally The Evans guys dialed into the deer and got these 2, a nice doe and buck. The buck was missing antlers on one side. Another was missed by Jeff dodging 5 rounds but that is a day for a different story. Congrats to the guys on Deer Hunt 2010... Read more

Excerpt: We had rain yesterday which has been followed by a light snow that is continuing to come down. I think it will be a white Thanksgiving, question is will the lake freeze over during the weekend. We do still have a few cabins open if anyone is looking to escape the relatives for the woods Bayview in the light... Read more

Excerpt: I have gotten questions wondering if our lake is frozen over. It has been frozen for about a week and a half. Our side was the last to freeze in front of the resort. I am not going walking out on the lake til I see a snowmobile cross it for Tom from Hilltop marking the trail. I expect... Read more

Excerpt: Deer Camp 2010. The Andrae crew enjoying some time by the fire before heading out in the woods after the big buck this last weekend. Thousands of acres of paper company land are open to public hunting in Hazelhurst. We offer our 2- 40 acre plots for hunting based on seniority at the resort. So far as of Monday... Read more

Excerpt: That time of year again to clean up all the aluminum cans from the resort and take them in for recycling. We hauled 3 truck loads like this and the question is how many pounds of cans did we collect this year? 5 dollar coupon chip to Hilltop for the closest guesser. Can Amy Hebert the Eastern mathematician pull... Read more

Excerpt: Mack got to experience his first big snow this weekend. This may be the snow that sticks with us all winter looking at the forecast. It ought to make the deer hunters happy next weekend View looking out by Birchwood First big snowball of the season Mack trying to get his mouth around it Hey look what I found... Read more

Excerpt: Typical November morning at the lake, no leaves, still lake, and slightly misty ... Read more

Excerpt: I received this email newsletter from Winter Park and thought I would share. So much good stuff happening out there but the highlight is a return of tubing and better yet a tow rope to get you back up the hill. This should be an awesome thing to do this winter and I can't wait for my first tub... Read more

Excerpt: I just learned today that the Oberman family lost Heidi to a 2 year battle with cancer. She will be missed by many including her grandson Ben pictured above. I chose to put a picture of Ben up instead as Heidi loved her Grandchildren and time spent with them. Nothing gave her more joy than watching them spend time... Read more

Excerpt: The earth moving equipment has continued to be be busy at the resort. Today it was a drop of road gravel to smooth out the roads and fill in some of our old septics that are being abandoned after the new ones were installed. With big equipment here we also took some time to remove some stumps Things getting... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone want to see old pictures go to the Resort Information link and click on Resort History. We will be adding more pictures in the next few weeks but I thought for a start it turned out nice... Read more

Excerpt: heavytable.com/coon-creek-family-farm-of-mondovi-wi/ The link above will take you to a story about the only organic chicken and turkey farmers we have had come to the resort. Julie and Vince and their boys arrived a few years ago and we swapped rent for chickens and have been doing that ever since. Their birds are top notch and you know they don't have... Read more

Excerpt: Walkway to Shamrock with a small problem The big dig continued today with the drain field being added Drain field being added View from the front door of Shamrock While all that was going on by Shamrock and Kaubashine, Troy and Steve found a new use for our antique wheel barrow. Worked great to move the shower stall over... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful afternoon time to get the GPS out and www.geocaching.com to find a neat spot to visit. You know you are headed to a good spot when the road is reduced to gravel. We headed out on 70 E to over by Blink Bonnie's in St Germain where we turned on to County C and then Ross Lake Road... Read more