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Wild Night on Cummings
by fishnfreak

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/07/2007
Entry & Exit Point: Crab Lake and Cummings from Burntside Lake (EP 4)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 3
Day 3 of 5
Saturday, June 09, 2007

We decide to get up early and paddle to the west end of Cummings and fish the area around the Otter lake rapids in the ope of finding bigger fish. We make it to Otter with no issues and pull the canoe up on a slope. After scouting out the area and briefly watching an Eagle we walk back over th knoll to get our gear and fish only to find no canoe. The wind had blown it off the slope and it was on its way across the back bay of Cummings. Jeff strips down and swims after it with Kelly and I run the sore to get ahead of it. after 20 minutes of adrenaline we have the canoe back in our hands. We are all upset with ourselves as we realize what a rookie mistake we made and we are no rookies. Came really close to being a search and rescue and none of us are happy about it.

The same wind that has blown the canoe of the slope now has Cummings whipped into a frenzy. We realize that it is 2:00pm and we will have a wild ride back to camp. Luckily we make it with nothing more than white knuckes and a pelican that is constantly dive bombing us to protect her nest. Back at camp it is jambalaya and moonshine night.