Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Our 80's video games we added to the office we are using as a fund raiser for the Northwoods Wildlife Center. We ask guests who use Pac Man, Centipede and Rampage in the community room to put a donation in the box for the center. I asked the Wildlife Center if we could donate the money to something they... Read more

Excerpt: Its been a beautiful hazy warm week on Lower Kaubashine We had some amazing fairy house designers stop in. Fairy houses were popping up all over the playground There will either be some happy fairies or chipmunks with a new fancy home Katie put out the call for help to load up some hay bales for her horses. She... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful July days at the lake Lots of fun paddling around the lake Catching fish like Megan here who is knows how to take her fish off her own hook! Yeah Megan! Sitting back like John and Lillian in the background enjoying some rays while the kids have fun Learning how to drive skiers for the first time and... Read more

Excerpt: Mack loves anyone with bacon to offer him but he has a special place in his heart for a few people who I swear each year he recognizes even though they have not been to the resort in a year. Kelsey is one of those. They formed a special bond the year we got him and each year all... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July week means one thing, time to go pole dancing at Hilltop for the 2019 Roy Tungett Memorial Horseshoe Tournament. Which means as usual everyone was debating how the scoring works. Is a leaner an extra point and when do 2 shoes count as points Our fearless master of ceremonies Tom Hixson thinking hard an analyzing scores... Read more

Excerpt: If you were under the age of 12 and a girl this was the week to be at the resort. They took over the resort and had a lot of fun From the Trampoline of the young girls to... A trampoline full of over 50 women who proudly managed the feat of getting up the ladder on to the... Read more

Excerpt: We had some interesting neighbors stop in.... slightly famous.... But much more fun than the originals Two tables of neighbors being nice to one another in cards.... nobody would play a joker and make their neighbor draw 5 or possibly say a not so nice word as draw 2 is played. They are all perfectly nice neighbors.. Troy caught... Read more

Excerpt: We kicked off our 2 weeks of our 4th of July crew at Otto's Beer Garden. 18 of us came together at Otto's to toast another year at the resort. Good times with good people at a good place to eat Finding a spot for 18 people on a Saturday night can be hard. Otto's outside Beer Garden we... Read more

Excerpt: For a week that was supposed to be rainy it turned out beautiful and we had happy people who were grateful for sunny skies Little Hailey was happiest of all and so excited to be at the cabin with her mom and grandma. Grantma Anne learned how to take fish off the hook for her eager first time fishing... Read more

Excerpt: Sunday Morning cold or warm as long as it is not raining the beach is always busy. The raft floating in the morning sunshine waiting for this weeks crew to head out and take their first dives off the diving board The dock quickly filled up with spectators to watch what was happening on the water tramp. A little... Read more

Excerpt: We had our first afternoon of horse racing and wine tasting at the community room. The Madson Family were playing for the first time and had a lot of fun seeing who would win the most money to use in the rec room Bella was running the other game for me with Emerson against the Larson Boys. The Larson... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful start to the week. Everyone this morning had a fishing pole in their hand and the crappies were cooperating Especially if you have a dad to help you out And a good net The ability to cast like a pro The ability to let go your first big catch the dock The ability to bravely get in a... Read more

Excerpt: at My 2nd day of Grandma's taking pictures of Grandpa's and the rest of the family fishing while she takes the pictures. I have determined that there are very few pictures of Grandma's out there due to this fact. My previous blog entry was all pictures Ruth Grady took of her family fishing and now Annette is my grandma of... Read more

Excerpt: Mike and Ruth are on their 25th year coming to the resort. Lots of good times but spending time this week with their grandson Bentley was among their favorite A boat, a cabin and a grandson for a week, life does not get much better First bluegill. What do I do with it grandpa? I am happier when they... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful morning at the lake. Mack stopping for his morning drink. He is happy to have the swimming steps back in. Much easier for an old guy The Blankenburg family were out fishing for crappie this morning. The spawning fishing season is in full swing. The Lillies of the Valley have finally sprouted up atleast a week behind. Usually... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful Memorial Weekend. 70's for temps and no rain Saturday and Sunday. Perfect for enjoying the first days of summer The water tramp made it out on the water to join the raft. Grant and Quinton helping Troy get it set on the anchor. They wanted to go water skiing but the red boat is not... Read more

Excerpt: Rosebreasted Grosebeak stopped by when he heard and a bunch of his friends.... Someone at the resort turned 50 not saying who but there was much fun had by all.... After a long week of work getting the resort ready everyone was ready for a party. Ben and Grant tired and thinking finals week was easier than resort opening... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a busy week. Besides all the work going on with the late spring Bryon has moved our website to a different more secure server and there have been days of things moving over from servers including the blog. While that was going on Ben and Grant made it home in time to help with resort opening... Read more

Excerpt: The lake has opened up and the loons are back. We heard our first loons a couple of days ago. There was supposed to be a poser in this picture on the dock..... I swear he knew before going to the lake that I would ask him to pose out on the dock because he would not come down... Read more

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