On a personal note – many of you are aware that the kayak I use to cleanup trash from the bay was stolen, and there was a tremendous outpouring of support from so many people wanting to help me find a new one. I was fully planning on purchasing another newer better one myself, but 3 very dear friends who so believed in what I am doing sent unsolicited contributions which covered the cost of my new kayak and an electric motor to help me continue and improve my efforts. I am so incredibly humbled by their generosity, belief in me, and kind words about how much my work inspires them. This past weekends cleanup is dedicated to these very dear friends who probably don’t want to be publically named. If anyone else wants to help, they can grab a few friends and I will help organize / host a trash cleanup – which is ultimately what this is all about anyway. I am debating a name for my new kayak now. I have come up with ‘Change Maker’, ‘Trash-Yak’, or ‘Guardian of the Bay’. ‘White Trash’ and ‘Ecoyak’ were also possibilities. Standby for the final decision.
