The Digital Journalist
Photo by Peggy Peattie, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Calexico, California: The 80-mile All-American Canal not only irrigates California's Imperial Valley, it's also a perfect swim spot along the Mexican border. Although climbing through the westernmost edge of the border fence from Mexico into America is technically illegal, on particularly hot days the Border Patrol tends to look the other way.
 
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