Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I had a local artist Greg Peck make my new office table top. I gave Greg the specifications for size and he came up with this amazing piece that we will connect to a bottom. I have several of Greg's tables in the resort. Red Pine and Kaubashine have coffee tables he made and Shamrock has a beautiful corner... Read more

Excerpt: So here is the question of the day. We did Steve think he grabbed in this picture and what did he actually grab. Answer coming tomorrow but I would love to see the guesses BlacksCliff1975 I had the above letter sent to me by Bob and Tammy Robotka from 1975 written by my mother Trudy Black. I thought a... Read more

Excerpt: Underneath the piling up snow is the corner of the raft sticking out. I am unofficially calling it a foot of snow in the woods that has built up in the last 2 weeks from the snow fall. Plenty to have fun in the woods this weekend and beyond. We have more coming in all week long Snow lightly... Read more

Excerpt: We volunteered this weekend to help out at aid station number 5 on the Wolf Tracks ski race at Winter Park this weekend. After 2 delays due to - temps the race finally went off at 10:30 am at a balmy 0 degrees. It was a marathon race that qualified skiers for the Birkie in Hayward later in the... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone ever wonder what happened to all the old french windows from the cabins? When the cabins were winterized all the old neat french windows were taken out and put in storage along with old doors. Never fear they are safe and sound and some may recognize a few of these old beauties Since the first time I started... Read more

Excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZG9kP9kAiY I am not a big poetry lover but this is a poem my mom loved and read to us many nights by the campfire. It was a cold day and I was thinking of The Cremation of Sam Magee this afternoon who only wanted to get the cold out of his bones as I gazed at our woodstove ... Read more

Excerpt: My sister Katie shared these pictures of her horses in the snow this afternoon. We received 6 inches of new snow and the horses were out enjoying it by her house in Minocqua Maggie and Quinn wondering where the food was and if Katie had a blanket for them for the night Nothing like a black horse in the... Read more

Excerpt: Everyone is allowed a mistake once in awhile and I made one of the summer rate sheet We raised all the cabins in the summer a gentle 2% the last few years and one year took no raise due to the bad economy everyone was experiencing together. This year we decided to include linen and took the cabins up 3%... Read more

Excerpt: Droopy Pines vs Drooy Drawers. I am not sure which is worse Droopy Drawers: Having to constantly look at teenage boys with their underwear hanging out of the top of their jeans. Ladies would you please make these boys the pariah of dates so they will finally change their ways and pull their pants up. Droopy Pines: When the... Read more

Excerpt: Over the weekend I would say we have picked up 8 or so inches of beautiful snow. Enough to finally see folks out enjoying winter skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling. Snowmobiles were back and had to review the rules of cars driving on the road passing or being passed by snowmobiles with Jake. It is a bit unnerving to... Read more

Excerpt: If you were not up North this weekend playing in the new powder well.... you missed some fun Getting coated in snow by children thinking they are funny dragging a foot down the hill Then there were these cute kids who had life figured out behind mom and dad's snowmobile snug as bugs and warm. This was the way... Read more

Excerpt: Bird House snow report. We got about 2 inches last night and it is still snowing this morning so about 3 inches of light fluffy new snow to play in this weekend. Enough to get us to possibly head to the tubing hill at Winter Park on Saturday and who knows maybe even our first ski of the season... Read more

Excerpt: It is so cold at - 13 this morning that.... dreams of summer have started It is so cold this morning that..... -I made sure to stock up on make it at home flavored coffee so I would not have to get in the car and do my daily drive to the gas station for coffee. -wonderful sons are... Read more

Excerpt: First of all it is Monday morning and - 8 to start out the day and going to a balmy -2 for a high with windchills who knows where. Mack sums up Monday I think and is going back to bed. His boys have left for school, it is too cold to safely pee outside, and the squirrels are... Read more

Excerpt: After the melt down last week I am calling this new coating of snow winter version 2.0 Nice fluffy white stuff. We could always use more but are more than happy to have what we got The melt down gave our ice rink a 2nd life. It is like a zamboni came across it and resurfaced it. Guests this... Read more

Excerpt: It is cold, blustery, snow is coming down! Bring it on! This is winter. We are supposed to pick up 2 - 4 inches of snow with a little more tomorrow. This should be enough I hope to get the ski trails going. Snowmobile need a bit more hopefully next week Snow coming down looking out at the lake... Read more

Excerpt: Birdhouse snow report. 2 dustings of snow adding up slowly on the birdhouse with light snow coming down most of the day today. We are supposed to squeeze out an inch of snow and some more over the next few days. Getting snow to fall this year is like trying to get blood out of a turnip. We happily... Read more

Excerpt: I know many check in with me for info on how much snow is up here. I will put new snow pics as soon as it falls on Wednesday into Thursday Here is a link to John Dee a wonderful weather forecast out of the UP covering the mid west. Once on the site click on Forecast graphic to see... Read more

Excerpt: I call these quick pics because it was so cold out I dashed outside and in a record 30 seconds snapped these 2 pics before dashing back inside We had light snow come down last night you can see it on the deck rails and the bird house. Not a lot but we will take whatever mother nature will... Read more

Excerpt: It had spent way too much time at the computer trying to figure out how to make new floor plans for the cabins for our new website and was getting a bit cross eyed and grumbling and Troy decided I needed some sunshine so we took a walk in the woods from our back 40 across from the resort... Read more