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# Newport, Vermont
- URL: https://cutelittlepaperblog.com/newport/
- Published: 2022-08-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:53:02.000Z
- Author: Katherine Leung
- Tags: New England & Quebec, Vermont

The race of the summer is the [Kingdom Swim](https://churchstmarketplace.com/kru-coffee?ref=cutelittlepaperblog.com). I had heard about this swim my very first week living in Vermont, and while I was too late to register for it in 2021 since I arrived in the summer, I registered in snowy March for the race in July 2022\. I spent all year getting mentally and physically excited for it.

The race offers many distances, ranging from a one mile swim to a twenty five mile swim that takes almost a whole day to complete. I signed up for the 5K. It was held in Lake Memphremagog, a beautiful lake that both Canada and the US share. My husband and I came up two nights before, stayed at the only motel in town to prepare for the big race.

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Every swimmer had to have a kayaker beside them, for safety and also for snacks. Casey was my kayaker! We had a pre-race dinner with everyone who was participating and there were swimmers and kayakers from all over New England. We even befriended a Canadian who had come down to kayak for somebody. A lot of strangers became friends, since many kayakers were volunteers for anyone who did not have one already selected.

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I had even purchased a kayak the month before and practiced with Casey once in a nearby lake.

During the big race, I finished my 5K distance in 1 hour and 36 minutes. I was in the middle of the pack, which was great to know that I wasn’t last. The race organizers threw us a barbecue at the end.

One of the best memories was that Casey and I saw a bison on the drive up. We couldn’t believe it. It was such a cool animal!

We love the Northeast Kingdom and intend to come back again and again.