A Message From Tim
Winter, 2011
My 2012 season is over, and I had one of the best years yet! Every trip was filled with really fun people, and, boy, did we laugh! All were helpful, adventurous and willing to work as a team. Each trip started with strangers and finished with friends! There were amazing channel crossings, whale encounters and kayak sailing too!
“If you are active and full of adventure, my expeditions are for you! If you enjoy camping and would you like to move silently through the water with the power of your own body, my multi-day tours or rentals are a perfect fit! If you would enjoy a close encounter with orca whales, porpoise, stellar sea lions, mink, otter, big-horned sheep, prong-horned antelope and a plethora of bald eagles, I can put you there! If you would like to join a fantastic group of people and spend blue-sky days riding rivers of tidal current, sea kayak sailing with consistent winds, hunting sea glass, playing horseshoes and beach baseball, taking a sunset hike and sunset paddle, my guided trips are what you are looking for! If you would like to see many of the highlights of the San Juan Islands from the best vantage point possible – a sea kayak, 2012 is your chance to join me! I’ve been in business for 31 years for a reason! Come along for an exciting ride this summer!! Check my 2012 Trip Schedule for dates!”
“If you wish to rent double kayaks and embark on your own self-guided expedition, I continue to offer the highest quality boats and gear and the most comprehensive service in the industry. With my help planning your trip, you will be assured of a safe, rewarding exploration of the San Juan Islands.”
“I am especially excited about the next season, as it will be my 32nd year of offering guided three and four day sea kayaking expeditions in the San Juan Islands! This milestone is unprecedented in the sea kayaking industry! I am proud of yet humbled by that achievement! We will be offering Two-Day Overnighter and All Women trips in 2012 in addition to our ever-popular three and four day expeditions!”
“Also I am enthusiastic about this website! I hope that you find it informative and easy to surf. I trust that the photos and galleries will give you a feel for what my trips are like, as each photo was taken by a past client. The Best Photos of 2011 gallery is now full of client pics from my 31st season’s trips. See what we have been up to lately! Enjoy!”
“In addition, both my Three Day Coastal Explorer and Four Day Islands Adventurer expeditions continue to offer a final night island campground reserved exclusively for San Juan Kayak Expeditions! This site is a small, quaint island perched right on the edge of orca country! For one night, we will have an entire island to ourselves!”
“My expeditions are a culmination of all I have learned over the past thirty-two years of living and paddling in the San Juan Islands, and they continue to evolve as I inquire, observe and learn each season. The very fact that I have offered multi-day trips in the San Juan Islands for over thirty years is unique to the entire sea kayaking industry! My trips attract fun, well-rounded folks with diverse backgrounds, can-do attitudes and a love of adventure. My guide’s perfect safety record is a result of experienced leadership and quality equipment. My attention to detail and trip planning, whether I am leading the trip or not, is unequaled anywhere else! My sea kayaking expeditions minimize our footprint on the island environment.”
“My knowledge of this small corner of the world allows me to provide you with the best that the San Juan Islands have to give! My committment to offer you a high quality experience is taken seriously. I dedicate myself and work hard toward that goal each year!”
May the tide be with you,
Tim Thomsen
Owner/Guide
