Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_1076" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Bird feeder Snow Barometer"][/caption] How much snow came in with the storm, that is all new snow on top of the feeder New snow made it beautiful around the resort this morning. I am starting to think spring though and a beach picture is starting to replace this picture at the moment.... but it is a... Read more

Excerpt: 2 neighbors on the lake had it out yesterday and I caught a couple pics of them in the tree. The crows were doing battle with this eagle over the left overs from the icefishermen that were here this weekend. They were swooping at one another to quick for me to catch a pic, so I only caught this... Read more

Excerpt: Winter is still hanging on for one more day. A fresh dusting came down last night We still have about a foot on the ground depending on where you go. I have snowmobilers, snowshoer's and skiers all here this weekend to catch the last of the snow to play in. Every time someone from the south arrives they are... Read more

Excerpt: This was emailed to me I was not able to add the pictures of the Dam but imagine a picture of a small river with a half built beaver dam across it. Pretty funny what government thinks it needs to regulate The Dam This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries regarding a pond on his... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_1046" align="alignnone" width="337" caption="Cliff is back"][/caption] It is that time of year and Cliff came out of the closet this weekend. He heads to the ice March 1st, for our annual ice out contest. why come out a little early? [caption id="attachment_1045" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A serious game of cards"][/caption] Fritz out winner from last year had his winnings on... Read more

Excerpt: Normally Fritz is battling Chicago traffic, today the ultimate in relaxation sitting on a bucket with a fishing rod and light snow coming down. One persons vacation is everyone's but believe me Fritz would not trade this spot for a beach in the Carribean (ok that might be stretching it, if it includes a margaritta)... Read more

Excerpt: Bella Nova Black arrived on Friday to some very happy parents Jen and Steve. Before we all know it she will be biking around the resort chasing her 6 boy cousins. 1 girl amoung all those boys will be interesting but I am sure in the end she will be the one in charge. Welcome to the world Bella Nova... Read more

Excerpt: I heard the sound of a small engine on the lake and realized it was one thing, Al, Jimmy and Fritz were drilling holes on the lake Headed down and had to go past Craig's little boo boo from a week ago. Kaubashine's dock looks no better now than it did then [caption id="attachment_1029" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Peace and Quiet"][/caption] One... Read more

Excerpt: As of 8pm this is still the forecast they have upped us to 6 inches. No snow in the air yet Tonight: Snow. Low around 20. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around 3 inches. Wednesday: Snow before noon, then snow likely and areas of blowing snow after... Read more

Excerpt: Screen Saver pics I caught at sunrise with fresh snow on the trees. You could not take a bad picture if you tried this morning ... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_1004" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="What does a rope tieing down Craig's tailgate mean?"][/caption] It means that he has been to either Menards, Fleet Farm or the local lumber company and someone has presented him with a deal that he can not pass up. The recession has ment one thing to Black's Cliff, good deals and Craig coming home saying... Read more

Excerpt: Looks like winter is not over. We had light snow through the weekend that freshened up the ski trails. I had 2 groups stay another day to enjoy the trails. They said they were not perfect but considering the warm up they were just fine with the new snow we got. Looks like we are going to do some more... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_988" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Who needs a fountain pen"][/caption] President Obama has fancy fountain pens to sign his papers at a big fancy desk in Washington. We are holding free pens from the local bank (Craig's car is full of them) to sign our papers You have to love family businesses the important papers signing over ownership from one generation... Read more

Excerpt: Many have been asking for conditions updates with the rain we had early in the week and the light snow we have had [caption id="attachment_993" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="More light snow last night"][/caption] We had another round of light fluffy snow come in. At this point every 10th of an inch counts and makes everything look prettier [caption id="attachment_994" align="alignnone" width="337"... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_968" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Picture from Sunday"][/caption] This is my pic from the other day at 6:30 am on Hwy 8 that I was going to put up on Monday. Sunrise with frost and fog How does out snow look now....... No comment I will let the pictures speak for themselves This looks like perfect ice skating conditions to me... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_961" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Rain Rain go away"][/caption] We received some rain last night that took out a bunch of our snow:( It is not totally gone but it sure did a bit of a melt down. I am sure more snow will cover the ground again. In fact here is the forcast I think the ground will be white... Read more

Excerpt: After an incredibly busy weekend at sporting events I had the perfect picture to post this morning, sunrise on Highway 8 at 6:30 am that I stopped to take along the highway in the fog with a farm in the background. Only seeing the resort in the dark this weekend leaving or returning, I had no pics around the resort... Read more

Excerpt: [caption id="attachment_954" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Starting out "][/caption] Troy and Steve stared the thinning of dead birch on the hillside. Everything started out good, I left to clean cabins. 20 minutes later Steve came running saying grab the camera and come see what Dad did [caption id="attachment_951" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="I have no idea what they are talking about......"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_953" align="alignnone"... Read more

Excerpt: It was a perfect day to head down the snowmobile trails and so we closed up the resort turned off the phone and down the trail we went. We took Lower Kaubashine to Camp 9, to trail 12. Trail 12 is windy and through the woods and led out to Cedar Falls. Took a break at the falls to... Read more

Excerpt: Saturday was a wonderful day for a photographer with icey fresh snow in the trees. Unfortunately I was stuck in a car running around to swimming and basketball tournaments and could only look at it out a car window. Diane Deloria who was staying at Restawhile this weekend ice fishing caught these great pics. Enjoy!! I particularly love this picture... Read more