Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: Blue sky was spotted for 30 seconds today Pontoon boat cleaned and ready to go. Question is will the new motor fly? Before the boat went down the road there was much discussion about Father's Day and what fun toy the 3 guys might need as a gift All I know is the most important word in Craig's language... Read more

Excerpt: Big Pontoon boat getting a good cleaning before launching this week The hold up has been locating, getting, and installing the new motor. Lets hope "The Good Deal" motor works well. Test run will be possibly tomorrow when it is launched. Ryden's Marine gave it a clean bill of health after a good carb clean. Maynard would be proud... Read more

Excerpt: Hmm does this picture look familiar to a previous post. Weather rainy, overcast but folks still having fun regardless These two cousins were not letting 65 degrees and misty rain stop them from having fun. You know this is the type of day we could spend inside listing to the rain and taking a nap... but you wanted to... Read more

Excerpt: Life been a little chaotic lately? Enjoy these quiet pics taken on Lower Kaubashine this evening. Beautiful calm night ... Read more

Excerpt: I caught the Johnson family having fun down at the lake this morning. After the rain of the last few days everyone was ready to hit the lake for some fun in the sun Kids trying to keep up with the paddleboat but Grandma had the lead in the row boat and was not giving it up easily While... Read more

Excerpt: A few days of Norway being open and it got 1/2 of its new roof on. The rest will have to wait til fall. Craig happily admiring his work. While up on the roof he found an interesting message left from one of 3 characters under a few layers of old roofing... Bunger, Paul or Kevin... Our bets are... Read more

Excerpt: We have a few openings left for summer. I did break up some of the weeks and have some nightly openings June 10 - 18th Blackwood 2bdr will break up nightly June 20 - 24th Birchwood 4 nights June 19 - June 24th Bayview 5 nights June 19 - 26th Kaubashine will break this up nightly as well July ... Read more

Excerpt: Mike Rose shared these pictures of the fish he caught this weekend. This is officially the world's ungliest muskie. I think it had been in a few fights and its face came out the looser. It was 39.5 and thrown back into Lower Kaubashine to keep scaring everyone with its ugly face Mike was thrilled to catch the biggest... Read more

Excerpt: Much needed rain has continued to come down. Most of the cabins checked in today for the first week of summer. Rain did not stop anyone from enjoying the evening Toughing it out grilling at Bayview nothing was stopping the grilling from happening I caught Tome and Molly walking between the rain drops. I have not met the new... Read more

Excerpt: Not much to report the last few days. It is raining and it has been a good soaking rain. Of course I just heard Craig left all his tools outside last night and one window was left down in the car. 5 red squirrels have found new homes in undisclosed locations 5 miles from my bedroom window. 5:30 am... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone that has read this blog knows we have no love for red squirrels. They are loud, chattery and destructive. This one, however, has become my friend at the laundry line. While I am hanging clothes each day I get within about 5 feet of this squirrel. She has no fear. If I wanted I think she would eat... Read more

Excerpt: Looking through the trees at the rain coming down. 4 counties, ours included are the driest in the nation right now and under a severe drought. It was wonderful to see an inch of rain come down yesterday and last night. It washed the pollen out of the air and greened everything up. Thankfully there is more rain in... Read more

Excerpt: 80 plus temps, sun and Memorial Day Weekend. Time for a swim Parents kicking back and watching kids having fun swimming What up north is all about... Read more

Excerpt: Today's Blog Entry is all about the picture that did not get taken Last night with a game of bicycle tag being played around the resort by the kids and all the adults enjoying a quiet evening watching on the playground we had a visitor. A black bear ambled down the driveway by the woodshed and headed over to the... Read more

Excerpt: I had these great wildlife pics sent to me by Rob Moore who was up this last weekend fishing and taking pictures Heron in a tree not something you see that often Otters down by Holiday and Norway digging their dens Rob caught the loons making the Yodel call their most aggressive call. My favorite picture taken along the... Read more

Excerpt: All cabins are cleaned up and ready for Memorial Day Weekend. If Craig looks at this picture he is going to say something about painting the facia board on the front of Birchwood but time just ran out, next week A few last touches. Everyone's favorite table on the blue dock needs a touch up paint job This cool... Read more

Excerpt: Today Vansh Jain a 6th grader at our local Elementary School will be competing in the finals of The National Geography Bee in Washington DC. Last year Vansh finished 4 as the youngest competitor. Can't wait to see how he does this year. It will be broadcast at 4pm on the National Geographic channel and PBS channels are playing... Read more

Excerpt: The White dock started being assembled today. It feels more like summer when the white dock is in. When the big pontoon is in the water we will know for sure that summer is here but that is going to take another week or so to get the new motor on it The assemblers standing on green chairs trying... Read more

Excerpt: There were a few things combined together on this boat trip that usually do not go together. Wine and fishing but you really should try it before knocking it One thing we were guaranteed was a beautiful sunset. I took pics as the sunset changed Happily the crappies were enjoying the sunset as well Wine, crappies, pontoon boat, great... Read more

Excerpt: I headed down by the road to catch these pics of Doug and Rob fishing on a beautiful night. Calm lake, cool, but not too cool temps and fish biting They had just gotten the crappies to start biting when I got down there Life is good! ... Read more