Alas, no turtles were to be found, but it turns out that a paddle/hike/ferry boat ride/apple picking Sunday makes for quite the long adventure! We spotted a crayfish with one claw, tadpoles (which Eli caught and let go more times than the tadpoles would like to remember) and a blue heron who guided our last mile to the confluence with the Willamette River.
There, we parked the canoe and bushwhacked our way through a quarter-mile of blackberry bushes to find the Luckiamute Landing Willamette River Trail campground.
We hiked two miles to the trailhead, ate blackberries while Michael ran the last mile to our car, and then headed to the Buena Vista ferry. (Michael hiked the 2 miles back to our canoe to float the Willamette River to the ferry landing.)
While waiting for the ferry, Eli spotted two bountiful apple trees and we enjoyed a healthy treat while riding back-and-forth across the Willamette River.
Our last stop of the day: Rogue hopyard and farm, where we ate a delicious dinner next to the roaming turkeys and hens.
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