At journey's end

While families traveled about the country by car and plane to be with relatives for the Thanksgiving holiday last week, three friends were traveling by canoe with their sights set on the Port of Ilwaco.

Western Washington University student Marc Van Grinsven, and Dan Blessing and Greta Arnquist, of Minnesota, gave their paddles a rest at their oceanside destination Wednesday night after 200-plus days of traveling on several U.S. and Canadian rivers.