Monday Evening on Sunday Lake

We departed from our camp at Kewadin Shores Casino shortly after 9:00 and continued westward.  It wasn't long before clouds rolled in, and it started to rain.  The temperature dropped from about 70 degrees to about 60 degrees as the day passed.  Our drive was pleasant and uneventful as we drove through a dreary light rain.

Dorcas lounging in the coach

Gogebic Chiefs storage building????

Our intended destination was Ashland WI, about 220 miles to the west, where there is a city campground that we really like.  However as we entered Wakefield MI we saw a long old stone building with two signs.  One said "RV and Boat Storage" and the other said "Welcome Overnight Parking".  There was a very small camping area next to the building on the shore of Sunday Lake, and it looked very inviting.  We pulled over to take a look.  We found a very nice RV park with only 4 sites, all with 50 amp electric and water, and two of which were vacant.  As we were looking around, a fellow drove up from around the other end of the building and stopped to talk.  It turns out we were welcome to stay, as the sign said, and there was a box by the lake if we wished to make a donation.  I asked who owned or operated the park, actually wondering who the donation would go to.  He said something that sounded like the Gogebic Chiefs (Wakefield is in Gogebic County and in the Gogebic Range).  I wasn't sure if he was referring to a native American organization, a local civic club or a the home town hockey team, but I didn't ask any more questions.  We pulled into a vacant site, a pull-through, and set up.  The rain soon let up, but the wind blew steadily off the lake and the temperature continued to drop.  We had a very quiet  and restful evening on the shore of Sunday Lake.

A Gogebic chief???

Our camp at Sunday Lake

This is Nee-Gaw-Nee-Gaw-Bow (Leading Man), by Peter Wolf Toth (1988), created to honor the Chippewa Indians.  It is located on the lakeside pier on Sunday Lake next to the Wakefield Visitor’s Center and was carved from one piece of pine donated by the Ottawa National Forest. It is one of Toth's Whispering Giants.

Nee-Gaw-Nee-Gaw-Bow