Covid sucks!

[Jeep7797]

COVID SUCKS, actually, it's the quarantine that sucks. I finally got it last Sunday, 103° fever at 8am and a positive test at home. Fever cleared by 3pm and I've been feeling 100% since. Today, for lack of something better to do I decided to take the longest excursion I ever have and boat from Morris to Peoria for a burger. Best I can tell is it's close to 200 miles round trip. I was going to do this with everyone this fall but I'll try it alone today! Currently waiting at the Marseilles lock for an hour now.

 

[RightStuff]

Just wait till you loose your taste and smell, that's the best part!

 

[Sean R]

At least you can quarantine on a boat. Everyone in my family got it sometime over the past 2 years my oldest son twice. My wife was the only one to lose her taste and smell. She made Chilli during that time and she seasons to taste, well it was so hot my sons couldn't eat it. I pushed thru but was sweating my ass off ?

 

[gt5pilot]

Almost a year later for me and my taste and smell is still off. But better than being bed ridden and not being able to show up in the office for seven weeks as I had to test negative before I could come back in the office.

 

[Jeep7797]

Luckily I still can taste and smell SO FAR, I take a big smell of coffee every morning just to check. So due to barge traffic now at starved rock it ain't happening today. They are saying 4 hrs wait to get through. I'll head back today and maybe try earlier in the day tomorrow or so.

 

[adrianp89]

Worst part of COVID is all the new inexperienced boaters

 

[Scottintexas]

Give a wave when you pass under the 170 bridge, my family is from Seneca,




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[sunbyrned]

That’s an expensive burger, but it will be worth it.

 

[Jeep7797]

I will! Boondocks is one of my weekend boating spots. Great food and friends of mine own the bar, campground and marina (if you call it that) is a different story.

 

[the MfM]

Worst part of COVID is all the new inexperienced boaters

All the deals on lightly used boats in another year or two will have been worth having to deal with the covidiot boaters.

 

[Jeep7797]

That's what I initially thought but do you really want a already compromised built boat owned by someone that has zero idea how to break in a motor owning something you'll keep long term? I'll probably give in and do it if I found super low hours. I'm still in my "let's get an older boat so we can find out if this is what we really want" boat! Always looking at the 25's though.

 

[portlandbucfan]

I got it 3 weeks ago. Wasnt bad at all. Guess I'm lucky?

 

[CanTex]

Dealing with 2nd round of Covid right now (had it last August, was vaccinated in April of 2021).

Symptoms similar to before except upper respiratory congestion significantly worse.

 

[Jeep7797]

Just got confirmation my girlfriend has it too. I took 1 home test that showed positive Sunday and she has taken 3 showing negative. She thought she had strep throat and the Dr did a pcr test that just came back positive. I haven't seen her since Saturday night because of that, guess I can go see her now!