Way out in the Pacific, a trillion gallons from nowhere, floats the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, […roughly the size of Texas, containing approximately 3.5 million tons of trash. Shoes, toys, bags, pacifers, wrappers, toothbrushes, and bottles…]

A couple of intrepid souls have set sail towards it to try to stir up some interest. Junk is a craft, made up of junk, piloted by Marcus and Joel, which got underway from Long Beach on June 1.

Roz Savage, by her own small self, is rowing in the same direction, from San Francisco to Hawaii, by way of the Patch, and now about 83 days into rowing.

The two voyages crossed paths the other day, trading food and water and calloused hand shakes. What a freakin’ adventure!