Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: After a bit of lobbying on the part of 7 grandchildren, to their grandfather, the red and white ski boat is out of the moth balls. It just made it back from having its engine tuned up and it has been given the green light. This boat pulled more skiers from 1950 - to the 1980's than anyother one... Read more

Excerpt: 8:30 at night and still 80 degrees with 80 percent humidity... what to do with no air conditioning? and no breeze I will give you a hint Some of this Some of that.. More to be continued tomorrow. Then there are those that prefer to get wet and watch from a distance... Read more

Excerpt: Bananagrams is the name of the game and Muskie is the place to be Char not thrilled with having her picture taken was showing me the ropes along with Anne on how to play Bananagrams. Not pictured is Bill who is studying the dictionary and memorizing all the 3 letter words Bill won the first round with all his... Read more

Excerpt: Time to head down the road less traveled on a Geocaching adventure to the Islands of Lake Nokomis with my friend Grace in the lead. You know it is going to be an adventuresome day when the pavement runs out and you are on gravel roads with no idea where we are At the boat landing we introduced Kim... Read more

Excerpt: For several years this big log has been sitting at the end of the log pile. I do not remember the year it came but it has been several years, it has been cut around, piled around, recut around.... Nobody has felt like taking it on and cutting it up. Today was the day the big log went down... Read more

Excerpt: It was a quiet day at the lake and a certain furry, 4 legged beast snuck down to the beach to see what was going on Quietly sneaking out on to the dock hoping I do not notice he is at the beach during swimming hours while dogs are not allowed. Shh don't tell the boss I am here... Read more

Excerpt: I had a couple of other nice pictures shared with me from last week. This nice 17 inch bass was caught by Chris Nobody was complaining about not catching crappie last week. They have definitely been biting... Read more

Excerpt: Wanna end your vacation on a bright note? The secret to this light display that amazes everyone is an old Boy Scout trick. All i will say is there are no fireworks involved, booms, bangs or noise of any sort. Just the whirl of a rope. Wanna know how this happens consult your closest Eagle Scout. Thanks to Matt... Read more

Excerpt: 4th of July week means one thing, time for the 4th of July horseshoe tournament. Mr Tungett orgainzes it every year on his manila paper and we all show up in the correct spot Families gather, the younger end of the Tungett family Linda, Dave and Eleanore Some grab a beer Some grab a label maker.... Label maker... who... Read more

Excerpt: Julia and her Aunt Mandy came by with this little guy in there hands. It is a baby snapping turtle. You can tell by the high ridge on its back. They grow quite big and you would never think of picking up and adult like this Thanks Julia and Amanda for sharing your find. Everyone will be happy to... Read more

Excerpt: I went to download the pictures off my camera and found these gems amongst my 4th of July pictures. Apparently I was not paying attention to what the kids were doing or where my camera was. The bear in the front yard was taking on a new look Run! Aunt Jenny will never know what we did to the... Read more

Excerpt: Eric and Heather shared their vacation pics with me. They had fun catching the loons in action I was still in bed and heard a ruckus with the loons at about 6am luckily Eric and Heather were up and caught this picture while I was still in bed and not getting up. Glad they caught this gaggle of loons... Read more

Excerpt: The following pictures were all taken by Will Flower. Will Flower was driving his ski boat ,taking pictures, taking skiers and dodging a seaplane at the same. time. This seaplane landed a took off about 10 times over the course of about 2 hours. Everyone on the lake, except for Will headed for the hills to get out of... Read more

Excerpt: Yep the crappies are biting. Mr Tungett has dialed into them and has hit the honey hole of crappies... Read more

Excerpt: I saw a bit of a long face arrive on Saturday. Kelsey loved old Poe and she was not sure if she would like Mack. Kelsey does not do change well. We solved that problem with a box of dog treats. Mack now loves Kelsey and Kelsey thinks he is almost as great as Poe Nothing like a box... Read more

Excerpt: With temps soaring into the 90's and due points putting us over 100 it was time to try walking on water Or floating with your favorite friend Or seeing how many you could get on the raft Potoon boat ride in the breeze dipping a toe in the lake for the first time Or just having fun with family... Read more

Excerpt: It was a little bit of a smaller group this year that went rafting with Hawk's Nest Outfitters. But they all had fun. Rafting with Hawk's Nest is always a good time big or small group as you will see from the pictures below Michele staying dry and stylish for now.. what form of shoes did Michele choose to... Read more

Excerpt: Yep da fishy, fishies are biting Nice string of fish Nice perch. I will have to charge Rich extra for catching fish this week... Read more

Excerpt: We had a welcome to the lake party this week. Kim and Will Flower bought Hunter's house, also known as "The Wagon Wheel House", "The Rock House" depending on if you were looking at it from the road or the lake. Welcome to Lower Kaubashine Kim and Will What is a party without some great food? Michele Tungett brought... Read more

Excerpt: What was going on at the lake today... A whole lot of nothing and a lot of people enjoying doing a whole lot of nothing A whole lot of people enjoying the new beach chairs doing a whole lot of nothing. Sue giving her opinion of the new beach chairs. Never fear, green beach rockers the green bouncy, rocking... Read more