Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: We had some beautiful heavy snow come in today. Big flakes It quick piled up on the trees Time to think about plowing As the day went on we had another batch come in that was not as wet. This snow should set up the trails nicely We do have one cabin left this weekend and January 20th and... Read more

Excerpt: Temps got warmer and it was actually nice to be outside. It was over 20 degrees and felt like a heat wave and my finger did not freeze when I took pictures Ben and Ali decided to check out the ice and informed me it was in good shape Hockey puck out and the mini game was on Ali... Read more

Excerpt: Jake used to ice fish with his grandpa Gibson who we lost this year. Jake misses his time with Grandpa on the ice and set out to start a few new traditions and headed to tackle shop to add to the ice fishing supplies his grandpa left him and headed out to the ice First things first, getting a... Read more

Excerpt: Troy was out at the woodshed and saw a rabbit fly out of the shed. Right behind it was a flash of white. Look close at the bottom of the wood pile for the white ermine in the picture. The rabbit was not going to be dinner to the ermine The ermine was neat to see. I just know... Read more

Excerpt: Its been cold out and lots of snow. The lake should be good for ice skating right? Ummm not so much. The problem in this picture for an ice rink on the lake is the heavy snow pack. It insulates the ice making a slushy wet layer between the ice and the snow. Skating through slush is not fun..... Read more

Excerpt: The snow is slowly piling up and the cold temps have hit the Northwoods. Our first Christmas families have started to arrive It is looking more and more like Christmas around the resort For anyone coming up in the next 2 weeks we partnered up with a local farmer who has Berkshire Pigs in Hazelhurst who raises them and... Read more

Excerpt: Mack's snow report this morning Snow was slowly adding up and now with 5 inches of snow coming in last night and today it is time to enjoy the snow For some of us enjoying the snow means shoveling off the gator and plowing Don't let him fool you that he only works in the snow. He is known... Read more

Excerpt: Snow is starting too fly in the Northwoods. We look to have a slow and steady build up of the white stuff before Christmas. 2 inches is coming down tonight with more on the way No it is not fireworks. I pointed my iPhone up to the falling snow to see what it would catch Right now we do... Read more

Excerpt: Guy have been busy out in the woods with the warm temps we had. I followed the truck in to see what they were up to Steve and Troy have been trail blazing. They decided to make an extension to our red trail. The Valley of Darkness was their destination for the trail. Following Steve between the trees The... Read more

Excerpt: The dogs and I took a walk in the woods to see what Troy and Steve were up to with chain saws. The woodpile has been growing by the wood shed with what they are up to We ran into Steve first who was looking up and analyzing the look of his new trail at the back of our... Read more

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Excerpt: Ice and snow have arrived in the Northwoods. Each morning the ice reaches a little farther across the lake Mack would like to lodge a complaint that it is too cold to go pee outside in the morning and nobody has made bacon in a week for him. He is very sad... Things look up for him today with... Read more

Excerpt: It was cold and crisp out to start the week. The leaves are now all down. The snow melted and it was time to get the resort cleaned up before more snows arrive The views off the hill while leaf blowing where spectacular today Blowing leaves down the stairway In other news, I ran into a 4th sock machine... Read more

Excerpt: The sun was out... but it was cold.... I was happily doing book work and the call came.... We need your help... Come to the beach... I should know by now what that means. I get the call 2 times a year, spring and fall The guys need help with getting the blue dock out Penny has not figured... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful weekend with warm temps and beautiful sunsets Lots of fishing and good times. The Voight twins, Samuel and Adam stopped by each day to show me their catch they got with their dad, Roy. This weekend it was Northerns all over 21 inches The boys had fun trying out all the old lures in their... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful fall day with temps going to almost 70. The colors were alive on the hillside With warm temps and cold temps not far away next week the guys got the itch to get one of the big docks out of the water Slowly bringing the dock in Mastering the art of taking the dock out... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful fall days. The warm temps are coming to an end as the colors come out Time to take the big pontoon on one last spin before taking it out for the winter Loaded up and ready to head out of the lake Enjoying another day at the office Taking out the 28 foot boat is a a task... Read more

Excerpt: It was an absolutely beautiful weekend at the resort. The colors popped and the woods are on fire The next week should stay great for color. We have openings mid week and one cabin left for next weekend Bradley Ocain caught this nice 21 inch walleye just before the weekend. Nice to see walleye coming out of the lake... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a slow start to fall. The colors usually peak right now but they are still 80 percent green. This next week should get things going Slowly falling leaves The dog as well has not be moving too fast. Except to the smell of bacon It is scottie week at the resort. The scotties have taken over... Read more