{"id":3360,"date":"2010-12-19T22:36:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T02:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2010-12-19T22:36:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T02:36:37","slug":"ponies-and-birds-and-waves-and-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3360","title":{"rendered":"Ponies and birds and waves and soup!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Driving out to the Assateague Island Wildlife Refuge, you have to go very slow.\u00a0 Mainly because the speed limit is 25mph- but also because there is so much to see and look for along the way.<\/p>\n

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Like these egrets.<\/p>\n

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And the ducks.<\/p>\n

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And, of course, the ponies!<\/p>\n

Those are ponies- they are just a very long distance away- out in the estuary.<\/p>\n

The ponies are shaggy in their winter coats-<\/p>\n

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we got a little closer to this group of ponies on the wildlife loop.<\/p>\n

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Actually \u2013 A LOT closer!!!<\/p>\n

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Meredith jumped out of the car and walked over to an observation area and got some great pictures!<\/p>\n

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Although he kept his head hidden in the tall grasses- so we never got a good look at his face.<\/p>\n

And then we went on to the beach.<\/p>\n

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Come with me- the beach is just over this small crest.<\/p>\n

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And here it is- the Atlantic Ocean \u2013 at just a mild roar!<\/p>\n

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And it is COLD and WINDY!\u00a0 Brrr!<\/p>\n

We fed the seagulls some stale bread-<\/p>\n

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this guy wanted seconds.<\/p>\n

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But it was bone chilling cold and all I could think about at this time-<\/p>\n

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was the Chick a Leekie soup I had made to warm us up!<\/p>\n

And it was so good at the end of a cold time at the beach.<\/p>\n

I forgot to give Meredith credit for the wonderful pictures!\u00a0 She took all of these on her <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nikon D90!
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