Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=9&ArticleID=14640 Here is the link about the 7th grader that was involved in an accident today by our elementary school on snowmobile. Found out for sure that thankfully everyone including the driver of the car was ok, just really shaken up. The 7th grader was back at school by 9:30 for math class. Just happy nobody was hurt and I... Read more

Excerpt: After transferring all my blog files over to the new server we are in business again. I am hoping the new server does not go down as much as the last one. I heard grumblings about how big the blog was to move from my new web hoster. Just glad it transferred everything over in one piece. I have... Read more

Excerpt: I took these pictures Friday morning with a strange fog on the lake. Since these pictures we had an additional 2 - 3 inches of snow come down Friday night which has made the snow conditions even better. Enjoy the pics ... Read more

Excerpt: After all the beautiful new snow we got I decided to take a hike out on to the lake to the snowmobile trail. Something is wrong with this picture..... Yep that is chicken little racing ahead of me bounding out on to the lake without any coaxing. I think this was about the time last year he decided the... Read more

Excerpt: 3 pm Freedom from School and time to head down the trail!! YIPEE I have written many times about the kids snowmobiling to school at our local elementary. Today there were about 20 sleds in front of the school and at 3 pm they were running out of school with their helmets on. I was going to snap a... Read more

Excerpt: Many folks who visit the resort know me and Troy, Steve and Craig... but have you met this character our silent partner, Katie. Katie prefers to stay home in the off season and practice her fashion walk for the New York runway. You are more apt to meet her on a warm Saturday in the summer cleaning cabins or... Read more

Excerpt: I have been a bad blogger the last couple of days. Once again Basketball and swimming interfering with pictures and uploads. Swimming was the highlight as 2 people in our house are with in 2 and 3 seconds of a state time in the 50 free and are working on whittling away more time in their favorite stroke the... Read more

Excerpt: How do you know the snowmobile trail conditions are in good shape? The local kids are out. This is the parking area by our local k -8 school with snowmobiles parked in front of it. If you were 12 - 15 and had a choice of a big yellow school bus or snowmobiling to school it is not a... Read more

Excerpt: Good Golly Miss Molly it is cold out. It was - 7 this morning and I have no idea with the wind chill what it was. I know they are saying - 10 tonight with a -20 windchill. Of course I had no gas in my gas tank this morning and had to stop to fill up and freeze... Read more

Excerpt: We had some beautiful fresh snow come down last night. About an inch with a little more coming later today. Makes everything white and fresh Before the snow came down I saw the truck backed up to Kaubashine... What were the guys up to. I was shutting down cabins, pulling linens, turning off water heaters, turning down the heat... Read more

Excerpt: Having lunch in town at my new favorite lunch and coffee hangout The Northern, I ran into Mark and Nancy who are frequent commenters on the Birchbark Blog. They have a cabin up here and stop in at the blog each day to see what is going on in the Northwoods even though they do not stay at the... Read more

Excerpt: Basketball Games and Swim Meet in Antigo have kept us a bit busy the last few days. Heart Breaker loss to Antigo... Antigo played well and won deservedly so, but I saw my first score keeper ever ejected from a game for heckling a ref. The ugly side of sports that did not need to happen. Now on to... Read more

Excerpt: First of all before I get to Miss March, here is the snow total for the Northwoods over the last couple of days. This is what we received in new snow on top of what we had. Nice fluffy stuff to play in.... Now on to Miss March.. We have book shelves in all the cabins for folks to... Read more

Excerpt: It snowed and it is still snowing. Not enough to close schools. But a nice amount to play in. There is someone who would much rather sit by the woodstove and had to be coaxed to go outside..... Sticking his tongue out at me and looking at me like I am torturing him to take him outside The birdhouse... Read more

Excerpt: Sunrise this morning between Bayview and Muskie as seen from my car on my Iphone. Getting a little lazy lately and I have not had my good Cannon along but the Iphone does ok. I hear the Iphone 4S has a better camera.... dreaming and I will keep dreaming til my contract runs out on the 4 View minus... Read more

Excerpt: Latest from the Weather Service. I say bring it on! I have heard about 5 0f 8 inches of snow. 4 Cabins left for the weekend give a call to come up and play, Birchwood, Wildflower, Shamrock and Red Pine. For someone that does not want to come up on Friday but wait til Saturday Bayview is open starting then... Read more

Excerpt: Temps in the mid 30's for a couple of days and the guys have abandoned helping me clean cabins for the woodshed. Steve has turned in his bathroom cleaning bucket for a chainsaw and looks much happier. Nothing like working in the woodshed with temps in the 30's and not huge piles of snow. The snow is doing ok... Read more

Excerpt: We headed on a tubing adventure to Winter Park. Most folks locally buy a season skiing pas to Winter Park, our family is one of 2 that has purchased a season tubing pass. The boys love to go and after a week of Basketball, Swim Club and cleaning cabins a relaxing time spent tubing is more up our alley... Read more

Excerpt: Frist of all for anyone wondering how the snow is holding up with these warmer temps this week, it is doing fine. I took this picture of our front yard at 9am today Friday. It has gotten in the upper 30's Thursday and today it is supposed to do the same thing. We have enough snow that it has... Read more

Excerpt: Nothing new to talk about today, we are cleaning up cabins from New Years and the snow conditions are good for the weekend, so time to head into the files from yester year. Millie in the snow by Bayview I love all the old cars that used to be at the resort. This is a picture of a car... Read more