Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Our ice out guy, Cliff, took a side trip to Lombard Illinois to present the ice out winnings to Kip Cikowski who was the closest guesser to when Cliff took the plunge in the lake from ice out. Congrats to Kip! and better luck next time to Charlie, Kip was the verified winner Our ice out guy,... Read more

Excerpt: Sitting in my office this morning I had a parade of pictures come in from guests who wanted to share. This one was one of the most amazing pictures I have ever had shared with me. Stacey Borger caught this full rainbow picture on her Iphone 5 using the panaramic option. Absolutely amazing and I need to go and... Read more

Excerpt: This picture is for a few crappie fishermen in Springfield I know. Fish are biting where are you? Last week I had the following pictures shared by the Doering family who had a great week catching everything from crappies to bass and northern as well. The spawn has been late and the fishing was great last week according to... Read more

Excerpt: How do you say Happy Father's Day when you live at a resort? You help your dad bail out all 17 boats, 2 paddle boats, and 2 canoes after a major rain storm. Hold on.... don't we do this every time it rains? Yep but today you are doing it before going to breakfast with dad and with a... Read more

Excerpt: The last few years I have been adding a kayak here and there. Only problem is we had not quite caught up on where to put them as I bought them. Anyone with a boat of their own docking in the blue docks had to negotiate the kayak and canoe fleet that tended to get tied up anywhere there... Read more

Excerpt: Summer has arrived and it is time to sit on the Perch with a good book and listen to the lake. Better yet if your mom sits next to you with a book by the same author and you can laugh your way through. Even better if you have a cup of coffee each and an entertaining family jumping... Read more

Excerpt: This morning it is 70 degrees they windows are open, the smell of Lily of the Valley blooming is in the air. It finally feels like summer has arrived Just about all the leaves have popped out. We are about a week behind in what is blooming Sunshine sparkling off the lake. Yep, it feels like summer There is... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a cool week and a bit rainy, but fun has been had. School ended!! That has to be the sign of fun. First campfire and smores of the season. Fishing has been good this week. Crappies and Blue gills are about a week behind in the spawn and started really coming in. Anything that had cover... Read more

Excerpt: With so many places to go in the world and so few vacation days to take, why head up north? I ran into this very nice log entry in Restawhile's log book today and thought I would share as the lady put it into words better than I could. It was her first time to Black's Cliff with her... Read more

Excerpt: We are hoping this is the last cool and rainy day for awhile and summer gets started. I see 70's in the forecast for the weekend and next week. Time to get the party started and fill up my last summer openings! Here are a few things we are putting on special to get filled up and a cancelation... Read more

Excerpt: Caitlin caught her very first muskie this week a nice 37 incher Congrats to her and the rest of the Geilenfeldt families who are up celebrating Grandma and Grandpa's 50 anniversary... Read more

Excerpt: Congrats to Jake. He graduated from Lakeland High this weekend with honors, and is off to Lawrence University in Appleton this fall. Mom and Dad are proud of you, now it is back to work cleaning boats and picking up garbage for the summer I did it! Our first party at the new office building. Here is to many... Read more

Excerpt: A Good Old Bike There is just something comforting about arriving at the same place for 35 years with the same bike on the back of your vehicle This bike which has seen more miles on the Bearskin Trail than anyother This bike which there really is nothing wrong with This bike which was a hand me down from... Read more

Excerpt: It has been a fun weekend at the resort. Lots of fish stories to tell, but this was the only one I caught on camera. Nice Walleye taken by the Klingle Family It was a great weekend to sit in the yard and watch the kids play ghost in the graveyard, tag and anything else they could come up... Read more

Excerpt: 3 day weekends = lots of time like this And lots of time like this Love 3 day weekends!... Read more

Excerpt: It is a muggy damp spring morning at the resort and you can feel spring in the air. Things are popping out of all the gardens. The garden area at Birchwood has all sorts of things popping through the ground from ferns to wildflowers Lilies of the Valley are just starting to branch out and should be blooming soon... Read more

Excerpt: It was time to get the big white dock in this weekend. This is the first time it has launched with out Craig to over see. Troy and Steve managed to get all in You wondered why there are holes in the dock? While the dock was going in, lots of painting was getting done at the top of... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful afternoon to finally get some docks in the water. This is the first time Troy and Steve have not had Craig around directing the action from the beach. They tried some new techniques to get it in, requiring only 2 lifters and one camera operator. The camera operator objects to leaky wadders and lifting heavy... Read more

Excerpt: Stopped down at Red Pine to see what was going on and could not resist taking a seat for a minute to soak up some sun and the view off the dock The guys have been finishing up the new stairway at Red Pine. We are abandoning the old steep stairway for this new one which is much easier... Read more