Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Picture sent by Steve of Penny enjoying the snow we got today. Penny might be the only one enjoying it. 2 snowstorms with 6 - 10 inches each in 4 days is not the April we had in mind More snow coming down and this was the view we had today. The lake is nowhere near going out So... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I left for a few days for a short trip to Door County to meet up with Jake and Michelle while the resort is quiet Eric and Chris came up to watch the resort with their wives and families. While we were gone they had fun with power tools and Birchwood. I left Steve with the resort... Read more

Excerpt: I had these beautiful pictures of Bond Falls in Watersmeet shared with me by Linda and John Wrobel who took a trip up to see them in the spring melt. It is an awesome time to head to see all the great water falls within an hour and hour 15 minutes of the resort Thank you to John and... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Troy headed out on a mission in the woods with snowshoes on and chainsaw in hand. What could go wrong? Snowshoes are not clumsy at all and you can run away from falling trees quickly..... really..... Steve: "I have no idea why you think this might be a bad idea...." Off to the swamp they went Steve... Read more

Excerpt: Troy looked out our window waking up and looking over at Kaubashine saw a bob cat by the wood pile. In all my years I have never seen a bobcat in the resort. It quickly left before either of us could get to our phones to take a picture We did check out the snow for tracks. Due to... Read more

Excerpt: Mack would like to report that there is still a lot of ice on the lake. Enough that even a chicken like him feels comfortable to go out on the lake The maple trees are waking up though so that is a good sign of spring. They have been flowing slowly so far Filtering the maple sap the filter... Read more

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Excerpt: I stopped by to see the catch for three days of fishing with Zwig Family. Our fish house is closed in the winter so fishermen always have to get a little creative on how to clean fish outside. I joked with them that you might be a red neck if..... you clean fish on the back of your tailgate... Read more

Excerpt: Katie and I grabbed our dogs and headed to Winter Park to cheer in Steve and Penny in Skijoring this weekend. Mack and Macy were cheerleading for Penny Steve and Penny ready to rumble. They had some stiff competition Steve has a harness for Penny but prefers to ski with a leash instead of attaching to his waist. He... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Penny have been skiing every morning while the snow is crisp. They have been burning up the trails and lakes. They are training for the skijoring race this Sunday at Winter Park where Penny will show off that terriers can do this as well as any husky Along the say they meet up with some interesting characters... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski Crew shared a few of their fishing pics from this weekend. This 30 inch Northern was released back into the lake Lots of pan fish this weekend Off on the blue trail snow shoeing with Mack down the trail Snow shoes on and fresh powder Off we go Mack wait Mack waits for no one deer tracks... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski Crew is up this week ice fishing on the lake. Mack and I wandered out to see how they were doing Fritz, Tommy and Jimmy greeted their buddy Mack Mack is always happy to see what is in Fritz's pocket Fritz has his spot on the ice all figured out. He used to just sit on a... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend in the northwoods. We did not get the rain that everyone got to the south and picked up a few inches of snow Guests were doing everything from ice fishing, snowmobiling and skiing. The conditions are still good and we have 4 cabins open We had a busy weekend with our youngest son Grant... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Penny went on a skijoring adventure across Lake Tomahawk and through the channel to Lake Katherine Penny was trying out a new harness that she puts on to pull with Steve skiing behind her. She loves to go Hey Steve like my new harness lets go off they go I put video of their adventure down the... Read more

Excerpt: We have had a busy week, Grant and the rest of the guys on the Lakeland swim team won their sectional swim meet in Hudson on Saturday. We spent a busy couple of days getting ready to leave the resort with Steve so we could watch his races in Hudson last Saturday. Lakeland qualified 6 individule races for state... Read more

Excerpt: Tracks in the snow a sunset. Skiing tracks Right next to much faster snowmobile tracks. This sled went by at about 40 miles an hour 2 days ago, a streak of yellow out our dining room window Then these fresh tracks Who could be leaving those.... We found our destination a cold sunset on Lower Kaubashine Brought to you... Read more

Excerpt: We picked up a couple more inches of snow and it was time to get the plow out. Steve loves to hit the snow banks this late in the winter and watch them explode Just another day of office work for Steve and Troy The dogs love climbing his mountains. Right now Mack believes himself king of the mountain... Read more

Excerpt: Steve and Penny went on a skiing adventure to the islands of Lake Minocqua. They headed out off the Ruben Town boat landing on Lake Minocqua and followed the tracks of snowmobiles most of the way and broke trail for parts. They checked out as many islands as they could along the way on Lake Minocqua Enjoy their adventure... Read more

Excerpt: We had a foot of snow fall yesterday. It was time to shovel out Someone else I know wanted to roll in the snow banks Can't I just roll in peace... why do you want me to look at the camera Fine I will humor you and look at you as long as the people looking at this picture... Read more

Excerpt: Bascum the pink flamigo came for his yearly visit to the resort. UW Madison people will recognize him from a certain hill at the school and a certain prank he and other of his flock periodically appear on campus. Bascum was our mascot hoping for a little warmer weather this weekend. Folks skied, fished and went riding this weekend... Read more