What is 50 Swims?

This is me, Cathy.  I love to swim.  Indoors, outdoors, pools, natural water, anywhere, and as often as possible.  I have often said that swimming is what keeps me out of a padded cell -- or, as a friend once said as we jumped in the water together, "Instant good mood!"   As I approach my 50th birthday, staying healthy, flexible, and happy has become even more important.

About that 50th birthday:  I decided that I wanted to come up with a challenge for my 50th year.  What could be more natural that a swimming challenge?  But swimming 50 times in a year is not a challenge -- I've been doing that and more for years!

So, in honor of my 50th year, which began on February 10, 2010 and ends on February 10, 2011, I am attempting to swim in 50 different locations.  There are very few rules to my swims, but the most important one is, I have to swim.  No hot tubs, kiddie pools, or lily dips.

Here we go!