Since you live in Olympia, go float the Nooch or the Satsop. Very easy rivers to float. Not technical at all. Only thing to watch for is if you float the Nooch below the Gravel Bar launch, make sure you walk the boat around the spillway. If you don't, you can flip boat. Have a few people drowned in the spot recently taking boats over it. But it's VERY easy compared to most.