Carova Beach, NC

To say the least, this was just weird the first time I saw it!

We are in the process of deleting pictures we no longer need.  When I ran across this one I couldn’t help but post it.

]]> http://dumbyoungins.com/2010/03/26/photo-of-the-day-3-26-2010/feed/ 0 http://dumbyoungins.com/2010/03/12/photo-of-the-day-3-12-2010/ http://dumbyoungins.com/2010/03/12/photo-of-the-day-3-12-2010/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:01:10 +0000 Ashley http://dumbyoungins.com/?p=3150 So, now I know for sure that ALL of the banker horse photos will be up on Swartz Shots this weekend!!

Until then. . .

I have put 6 horse photos on Swartzshots so far!

If you want to see them Click HERE!

This is one of them:

Ryan is like Dr.Dolittle. I have shown you before when. . .

He got Kisses from Sport

Steve Earl showed up, immediately got a bath and liked it

When Sport ate Broccoli because Ryan did

When he lets Sport finish his yogurt

and his pancakes

When the baby bunnies ran to cuddle with him

Ever time he went outside!

When he bathed cats without getting scratched

When he practically shared a sandwich with a chipmunk

Anyway, it’s crazy, animals just LOVE him.

So, it was no surprise when a wild horse decided Ryan was her new buddy.

Ryan was standing down on the beach taking a picture of me photographing the horses,

and when I looked down at him there was a young female horse just standing right next to him.

Then she leaned over, and whispered in Ryan’s ear, asking if she could see the pictures.

So Ryan showed her, and she nodded happily as Ryan pointed out each of her family members.

“there’s your brother, and there’s your sister. . .”

She was very thankful, and tried to sneak a kiss!

But Ryan distracted her by asking if she wanted to see how to change the memory card. . .

But as soon as he turned his back she snuck a kiss in anyway!

I will post more photos of  beautiful wild horses tomorrow!

While we were visiting last week, she had some of her first experiences with the beach.

I must show you how cute it was!

On the boat ride to Carova.

Sport would be so jealous!

Ginger, my parents’ older chocolate lab, and Mollie the new pup.

Ginger loves to chase the tennis ball, and Mollie, she loves to chase Ginger.

Mollie soon got bored chasing Ginger, and decided to do a little beach combing.

She found a nice clamshell!

She is so sweet!

So content to be covered in sand.

[mappress]

Carova is part of 11 miles of unspoiled beaches, between Corolla, NC and Virginia.  There are no paved roads, no stores, very little cellphone services, very few tourists  and on top of all of that there are. . .

these beautiful banker horses.

The banker horse, are essentially wild horses, that roam free on the beach, in the dunes, and in the canals on the sound side of the island, and are thought to have swam ashore from ship wrecks during the 16th century.

Usually it is difficult to appreciate the beauty of the place where you grew up, or a place where you have lived for a long time, but the extraordinary site of a single banker horse walking in the surf is something that will always amaze me.