Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I have never been so happy to see a broken chair before. I had been told someone broke our green bouncy beach chair at 9 pm. If you have been to the resort, there is only one green bouncy chair and it is an absolute favorite of at least one person a week all summer long. I see it... Read more

Excerpt: Temps brought everyone to the lake. Some like Max above trying out jumping off the raft for the first time without a life jacket with mom close by if needed Max's brother Sam was just happy to make it swimming without a life jacket to the raft. Yeah Sam! Boats were definitely out enjoying the lake This has got... Read more

Excerpt: We packed up the canoe and headed to one of our favorite afternoons of the summer. Saxon Harbor is about 10 miles out of Hurley about an hour and 15 minutes from the resort. It is well worth the drive. The Gibson boys are convinced it is the ocean minus salt water and sharks. Saxon has a beautiful beach... Read more

Excerpt: First of all for all Poe's friends out there. He gave us another scare this week. He lost use of his front legs due to rupturing a disc in his back. Emergency trip to the vet, 2 steroid shots and an enema later and he is feeling better and able to walk again. Troy and I are happy as... Read more

Excerpt: We noticed a chipmunk who was coming up on the deck looking for hand outs. We wondered how close the chipmunk would come with Poe on the deck and would old Poe actually get up and chase the chipmunk like in his older days We set Poe up with a few peanuts in front of him I see you... Read more

Excerpt: 86 degrees had everyone at the resort. People always ask me how we survive without air conditioning. The answer is easy, we soak in the lake during the day and the lake breeze cools things off at night. Having fun being pushed in, there was a little of that going on today It was also a day to learn... Read more

Excerpt: This motley crew heard that there was a turtle to be found in the resort with treasure. They stopped in to borrow my GPS to head off after Yertle the Turtle Off they headed with the GPS keeping them on track Van, Beau, Jeremy, Nick, Max and Sam all worked together to find Yertle... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful Sunset on Lower Kaubashine After a beautiful weather week, we had one day of rain yesterday. The kids in the resort went a little crazy and hit our stored cardboard boxes and had a little good old fashioned fun. Got to appreciate imagination... Read more

Excerpt: We had a loon party going on out in the lake. A gathering like this is usually Juveniles who are not pared up yet. They travel lake to lake irritating the older pairs who live on the lake. I like to think of them as a gang of teenagers let loose They got closer and closer to this fisherman... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone that knows chipmunks knows they are a ground squirrel. They spend most of their time on the ground not in the trees. They nest in the ground as well. Once in awhile you see one going part way up in a tree, but not into the upper reaches of the trees like the gray and red squirrels. This... Read more

Excerpt: Wood has been wildly flying off the wood splitter this week. Thanks to Ted, Troy and Steve there is plenty of firepit wood for a year Steve with a gleam in his eye attacking the wood the old fashioned way. He was splitting wood that will never see a firepit or a cabin fireplace. Oak is kept in Troy's... Read more

Excerpt: Mid Summer an time for a excursion away from the resort. We were led by local guide Grace to a calm 1 1/2 hour paddle in Kayaks down the Tomahawk River. Loaded up the Kayaks and down the road we went We started out at the Willow Dam about 15 minutes from the resort. The Willow Flowage is looking... Read more

Excerpt: Time for a dead birch to come down. Craig had a volunteer chainsaw operator Mark. Mark has spent alot of time with chainsaws carving ice but has never used one for taking down a tree. From ice sculptures to birch logs. Question is with Wildflower in the back ground can they manage to take the tree down without hitting... Read more

Excerpt: Does anyone out there in Blog land have a trombone in their attic that they want to sell? We don't need anything fancy but preferably with a case... Read more

Excerpt: The Hayes Family up enjoying the lake and finding Yertle the turtle. One of the kids had sharp eyes and spotted him without coordinates Kids checking out the treasure in the treasure box I caught this Blue Heron swooping around the lake. I missed some elusive Flickers among the trees ... Read more

Excerpt: Blueberies are at the height of the season. We have spotted a huge patch of them and are furiously picking whenever we can get spare time. Steve claims to have a blueberry harvester that makes the job much easier. We shall see tomorrow. Blueberries to me are the easiest wild berry to pick. They do not involve any prickers... Read more

Excerpt: There were some amazing colors in the skies preceeding a storm on Friday It was hard to capture the colors but my camera did the best it could Thankfully the storm went through with no damage. It was sure erie to be outside with these skis Cause there is nothing cuter than one puppy other than 2 puppies Ben... Read more

Excerpt: Headed down after the storm to see how much water was in the boats. The boats were definitely full. Jim Ross had already beaten us to the lake bailing out his boat. Over the years there has been many a suggestion as to how to get water out of the boats, but nobody has ever beaten a cut up... Read more