What a gorgeous Sunday - full sun and 75 degree temps! We spent the day hiking and canoeing, and enjoyed a picnic lunch on one of the sloughs draining into the Willapa River. This river drains an area of low hills and coastal plains into Willapa Bay, a large estuary north of the mouth of the Columbia River in southwest Washington.
Its convoluting sloughs offer an opportunity to explore dense forest and abundant vegetation. We spent several hours slowly paddling through snags and overhanging tree limbs.
It was fun, seeing how far we could go until we could paddle no further. George checked the tides, and we went up on one, and returned on the other. 
