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Places They Swam

The idea of documenting our swims is something that we had been indirectly working on through years of road trips and exploration. However, it was only when our far-fetched pitch was accepted by our publisher that it coalesced into a book. We had always talked about driving a big lap around the country, and suddenly had found the perfect excuse to do so. We quit our jobs and hit the road to find 65 of. Here are some of our favourites from each state.

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