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Between June 2021 and June 2022, while the world was still reeling from the Pandemic that engulfed us all, my husband and I traveled the Great American Loop in our small motorboat. This 6000 mile journey travels along the rivers, canals, lakes and intracoastal waterways of the eastern United States. Along the way I met many people whose lives were linked to the water and I was curious how they fared during the COVID lockdowns. I asked them: “what did you learn about yourself during the Pandemic?”
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What I learned about myself was for one—sticking together: friends, family and stuff. We’re in this thing together and the only way we can continue to manage to move on in life. You know, it’s going to be tough, the storm is going to be rough but we still gotta fight though. You can’t give up, you’ve got no choice. I tried to be prepared—you have to be prepared everything, the way the economy is, it’s crazy.