Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Late winter the wood pile gets smaller and smaller But the sun feels warmer and warm each day Imagining a dock and raft floating out from shore But for a little while longer this is where the raft shall be. Openings up to June 12th and starting August 20th. Come up for spring break and watch the lake melt... Read more

Excerpt: Woody, Duchess and Lucy want everyone to know it is cold outside! They were enjoying a quick romp in the snow at -10 before their humans go snowmobiling For a week and a half we have been busy but barely seen any guests as everyone has been staying pretty close to the cabins and enjoying fires. Taking pictures outside... Read more

Excerpt: Its been a beautiful winter week at the resort. The snowmobile trails opened jump and the highway in the bay has been busy with sleds passing by. 5-8 more inches of snow expected today I caught some others crossing the lake at sunset There were about 10 deer running around the lake. There were ice shacks with fisherman on... Read more

Excerpt: Sunset on Lower Kaubashine. It has been cold this week and a little fresh snow Lots of skiing and skating at the lake Muskie in the fresh snow We just had a cancelation on Shamrock for the February 4th weekend and are are offering a special on it for smaller groups if you want to get away Wildflower was... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful weekend in the 20's it was perfect for ice skating. These kids were headed to the rink for a day of skating with their family So much different than summer with beach towels. It was a great January day at the lake Some of the McGrath family had beaten them to the lake. They helped us get it... Read more

Excerpt: Winter in the woods The boats sleeping green giants slumbering away dreaming of warm July days floating in Lower Kaubashine Time to not sleep but do a few projects while we have time between guests. Bayview was next on the list for new bedrooms floors Look good Steve! Nobody will miss carpet Jake, Ben and Grant helped Steve and... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful start to the new year with frost in the pines. It was hard to take a bad picture today We have had lots of guests out enjoying out ice skating rink It has been a good holiday season for that. Steve reports the ski trails are in good condition a little thin but enjoyable. Jake... Read more

Excerpt: We had some beautiful snow come down last night. We do not have a ton of snow but what we have is making it look more and more like Christmas We do have Wildflower open during Christmas from now till the 26th and Kaubashine opened up for the nights of the 24, 25 and 26th with 2 night minimum... Read more

Excerpt: The ice skating is going to be epic this year if the snow holds off. Steve has already been skating around the edges a bit. I will wait till there is more ice. Some of our best Christmas's have been spent skating all over the lake with the family. It is magical when you are not stopped by the... Read more

Excerpt: We had almost a full resort for Deer Hunting Weekend and Thanksgiving. Sadly a lack of pictures I usually do. Usually I go around and take pictures of the guys before deer camp and all the families enjoying a Thanksgiving meal at the cabin. This year everyone stayed to themselves, us included. It was a special time for everyone... Read more

Excerpt: Mack and Penny would like everyone to know our family is doing ok so far through the pandemic. So far one of our kids and one of Katie's has had covid and recovered. The rest of us are just doing the darnedest to not get it before the vaccine. At the moment we have scaled back our Thanksgiving just... Read more

Excerpt: It is starting to look more like the holidays around here. We are getting booked up a bit. With our 24 hour holds between reservations this winter it has limited our rentals, but that is ok if we call all vacation as safely as possible. We are continuing the double sanitation on the cabins with hospital grade disinfectant, hydrogen... Read more

Excerpt: We keep waiting for the snow to melt and the snow to go away so we can rake and finish up closing up the beach.... but it has not been happening No ice yet but it is cold! We have remained busy with folks getting away from election commercials and virus. The cabins are slowing down a little and... Read more

Excerpt: This is what happened yesterday. It is pretty but a little early.... This is what we are more used to this time of year. This was taken more than a couple of days ago Nice to have a few more days like this... and like this.... Before we get to this We have a few openings for the October... Read more

Excerpt: We have had some beautiful fall days! Colors have been amazing We had Northwoods Art Tour at the resort this weekend. 1/2 of the 40 artists on the tour that goes through the Northwoods to Art studios like mine, did not participate due to the virus. We took everything outside along with masks and hand sanitizer and had some... Read more

Excerpt: Our big news first. Ben and Ali announced their engagement this weekend. We are thrilled to be adding another member to the family officially. 7 years of dating through high school and college we are excited to see them enter their next chapter in life. They are living in Stevens Point while Ali finishes up her Bachelors's Degree and... Read more

Excerpt: We took a little trip away from the resort to Firefly campground with Mack by Boulder Junction. Mack enjoyed looking out at Firefly Close to Firefly is Fallison Nature Trail. We send lots of guests each year to hike Fallison. The wonderful thing about Fallison is most of the time you are hiking with lake views around the lake... Read more

Excerpt: Mornings like this on Lower Kaubashine are the best. Crystal clear and calm Gavin was out floating in his boat enjoying some quiet moments at the lake I found out it was swim across the lake morning for his wife Tina and daughter inlaw. Absolutely beautiful morning for a swim. Tina worked for us about 30 years ago helping... Read more

Excerpt: Beautiful late summer morning at the lake Red squirrels have been starting to harvest their pinecones. They are nasty little buggers. This one was literally dropping pinecones all afternoon on our deck from above. It was returning for the spoils. It was aggressively chattering for Mack and I to get off the deck It went out to the end... Read more

Excerpt: Troy and I got away for another adventure in our RV. We headed to lake Superior and had a great couple of days along the lake and walking up a few streams and a few water falls. We are happy too be enjoying some adventures in our travel trailer. Jake and Sarah took the reins for us for a... Read more