About Us

    Your Guide

     Registered Master Maine Guide, Steve Toothaker, is the owner and operator of Bullfrog Adventures. Steve has spent a lifetime in the Maine woods. He is a native of the state with roots that date back through five generations of native Mainers. Steve's love of the outdoors and of outdoor activities were learned as a young boy from tagging along behind his father and grandfather as they hunted, fished and trapped in the woods near their Newburgh home. He further developed his outdoor skills by becoming a Boy Scout during his teen years and later as an adult became a scoutmaster for the local scout troop in Newburgh.

    Now in his early fifties Steve has been a Master Maine Guide for many years. For his own recreation he enjoys exploring new places by canoeing, hiking and camping with his family. In the spring you can find him on Maine's downriver canoe racing circuit often with his son Ben. Steve has also been a pioneer in the sport of whitewater tubing, perfecting the design of his river tubes and has guided many trips on the Dead and Kennebec rivers as well as many other smaller streams. He is a versatile individual who enjoys showing people the wonder of the outdoors and what it has to offer.

    The Rest Of The Crew

    Steve’s wife Tammy often drives the shuttle van and accompanies Steve on some of the overnight adventures. Tammy is a recreational paddler who enjoys calmer waters and pleasant scenery. On overnight adventures she is Steve's "bowman" and assists with the cooking and camp life. For the past 30 years she has accompanied Steve on many of their excursions. Together they have done hundreds of canoe camping trips in Maine on the St. Croix as well as many of Maine’s other lesser known rivers, streams, lakes and ponds. During the off season she teaches Kindergarten in a small rural Maine school.

     Steve and Tammy’s son Ben is an accomplished paddler in his own right and can often be found racing with his dad in the early spring when the whitewater is fast and cold. Ben is an Eagle Boy Scout and is very comfortable with many outdoor skills!  He is a strong kayaker and swimmer and will often tag along with his kayak on the tubing trips to help out as needed, many times giving people a tow if they fall too far behind the main group. Ben also occasionally drives the shuttle vehicle and helps on the overnight canoe trips if Tammy isn’t available or we end up with an odd number of people on the trip.

     Sarah is Steve and Tammy’s daughter. She also has a variety of jobs here at Bullfrog Adventures. Sarah is an avid kayaker and is a Junior Maine Woodsman. (This is rigorous training program offered by the Girl Scouts of America) On the Kennebec Lower River trips, A.K.A. “The easy float trips”, Sarah will often accompany her father and brother on a tube. She quite often assists the younger guests and helps them maneuver their tubes down river. Sarah is quite a capable canoeist and often paddles with Ben on our family adventures.

     Maggie-Mae is the family's dog a very friendly little black Cockapoo. Unfortunately Maggie prefers to swim and will often leap out of the canoe or kayak showering her fellow paddlers by shaking off upon her return to the craft. Now Maggie’s job here at Bullfrog Adventures is to help greet the guests and to keep Tammy company in the van if she has been invited to go on the trip. (She loves to ride in the van!)

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