Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I was in town this morning insuring that we kept unlimited internet at Norway, Holiday and Restawhile with Verizon. Slow but unlimited.... on a grandfathered plan.. I succeeded but in the process did not take pictures and called Troy to say could you snap a few of the foggy lake while I am in town and this is what... Read more

Excerpt: The snow was not a lot this weekend but that did not stop folks from enjoying a weekend up north. The Olencheck guys were up for their 10th year in a row enjoying life time friendships away from their families and the hustle and bustle of the world Our ice skating rink has become the hang out for families... Read more

Excerpt: Before you look at the pictures below, if you are a returning guest to the resort this blog entry is dedicated to you. People who love and appreciate the resort and the area as much as we do. People who come and enjoy their time at the resort, respect the property, the time and effort we put in to keeping... Read more

Excerpt: The new year has come and gone. How do I know this? Small batches of balsam and cedar around the sauna left by the Russians. After running the resort for 20 years one of the things I have come to know is that Russians and other eastern european countries like to take saunas at New Years and whip their... Read more

Excerpt: It is with a very heavy heart I type this blog post. Captain Dave Tungett suddenly passed away 2 days ago from a heart attack. His family, The Tungetts have been coming to the resort since 1963. Dave worked at the resort in the early 70's for Craig and Maynard before starting his career in the Navy. He made... Read more

Excerpt: Light snow and sun behind the clouds made for a magical feel down at the lake. Very peaceful. Shortly after I took this picture a family came down to skate on the lake on our rink and it was picture perfect.... Read more

Excerpt: We had many families here at Christmas and were full December 23, 24 and 25th. This is one of many groups who enjoyed some special time with family. The Schwerman family enjoyed cutting down a tree to make their own Charlie Brown tree, sleigh ride in Eagle River, many meals together and a rollicking game of hockey which involved... Read more

Excerpt: Merry Christmas from our family to yours from the shores of Lower Kaubashine during the annual Black/Gibson Family hockey tournament.... Read more

Excerpt: A few sights of Christmas around the resort. We have about 15 trees lit up through the resort Beautiful Charlie Brown tree cut across the road from the resort and decorated beautifully by the Schwerman family All I want for Christmas is a tripod with all its parts so I can take good pics at night. Wigwam lit up... Read more

Excerpt: We finally got some snow last night. It is starting to look a little more like Christmas around here. We could sure use more snow but we are happy the ground is white for now One thing we have a lot of is ice. I believe this picture is of Lake Minocqua taken by Steve. We have great ice... Read more

Excerpt: Bird House snow report. This was taken at 11:15 am this morning and snow was still coming down. We are supposed to be in the 4 - 6 inch range. This will be a nice amount to get the ski trails going. Not sure about snowmobiling Trees by Shamrock coated in beautiful fluffy snow Good day to decorate the... Read more

Excerpt: I have had numerous requests for pictures of our office/communtiy building that is under work. We are getting ready to open it partially for Christmas week. Got a wreath on it to jazz it up a bit. The sauna is back in operation with a new door on the left side of the pic Troy getting the old sauna... Read more

Excerpt: Rain, sleet and snow combo over the last few days has left us with wonderful sleek ice to have fun on. I am not sure on the thickness so am passing on heading out on it for now, but that will not last long. The weather men have been talking up a storm on Thursday which would cover all... Read more

Excerpt: I am not sure how to describe what came down for precipitation in the last 24 hours except to say "Wet Stuff" Rain... sleet.... snow.... rain.. more sleet.... more snow.... I have seen some ice fishermen on Lake Katherine, but I think their sanity needs to be checked. They are calling for more snow on Wednesday and using the... Read more

Excerpt: This picture was shared to me by Alan Pierce. Something to shoot for, art in a woodstack. I am kind of scared of showing this picture to Steve and see what he comes up with... Read more

Excerpt: Snapping a quick photo as I was eating breakfast this morning. We had light snow all day yesterday which kept the snow in the pines An hour later, lake looking cold and snowy Strange hole about 50 feet out from shore. What would make this hole? Tracks in the snow going to the hole. I have no idea what... Read more

Excerpt: Front yard this morning coated in a fresh layer of snow. Grant said this morning on the way to school "Now it looks like December again" My favorite weather forecaster John Dee is looking very optimistic for December snow. Check him out at www.johndee.com click on Forecast Graphic and Forecast Text. He usually updates by 10 am Mon -... Read more

Excerpt: Been a lot of frozen lake pictures lately, but that is what is going on and they are pretty, and taking pictures of Troy changing all the batteries in the smoke detectors is just not that exciting. The lake froze a bit more this morning. Winter has returned and snow is in the forecast. We had a very light... Read more

Excerpt: The lake had been all frozen over but, 4 days of above average temps and rain did some damage. The middle is letting loose this morning Shoreline still frozen but it may not last the day Dang, don't even think of asking me to step out on that... Maybe I can be in luck and the scary ice will... Read more

Excerpt: The first weekend in December has been wreath making weekend in the Black family for as long as I can remember. Maynard taught Craig and Craig taught me how to make wreathes and it has been one of our family Christmas traditions that have carried down to our boys Jake, Ben and Grant who look forward to doing it... Read more