Assateague State Park
Posted by Nathan & Valerie at 7:46 PM |
We spent the weekend with Valerie's brother and his family at Assateague State Park - a beach south of Ocean City, Maryland.
"Assateague State Park is Maryland's only ocean park. It is located on Assateague Island, a barrier island bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Sinepuxent Bay. Two miles of ocean beaches offer swimming, beachcombing, sunbathing, surfing and fishing. The island's bayside offers visitors the chance to explore secluded coves by canoe or kayak. The marsh areas have a variety of wildlife, including deer, waterfowl and feral horses."
Here are a few photos I took this weekend. As always, they can be found on flickr.
Our little niece Shannon up close and personal
This is Valerie's brother and his family.
Some of the wild feral horses that live on Assateague Island. They enjoy actually playing in the surf - unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the horses actually in the surf but I got there just after they were done and were on their way back to wherever they came from.
When I took this picture it was extremely smoky due to a small marsh fire nearby and the sunset over Maryland wasn't very good but thanks to PhotoShop I was able to edit the sunset to look halfway decent.
On Saturday evening, Valerie and I were on our way to go find her some food (thanks to the pregnancy) and we saw these two feral horses just idly standing by the side of the road that leads off the island. I guess they thought they were some sort of horse celebrity or something.
Here is where the horses normally live/roam.
Driving home from the island, Valerie and I found this old barn that ivy had overgrown and had to take a picture.
"Assateague State Park is Maryland's only ocean park. It is located on Assateague Island, a barrier island bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Sinepuxent Bay. Two miles of ocean beaches offer swimming, beachcombing, sunbathing, surfing and fishing. The island's bayside offers visitors the chance to explore secluded coves by canoe or kayak. The marsh areas have a variety of wildlife, including deer, waterfowl and feral horses."
Here are a few photos I took this weekend. As always, they can be found on flickr.
Our little niece Shannon up close and personal
This is Valerie's brother and his family.
Some of the wild feral horses that live on Assateague Island. They enjoy actually playing in the surf - unfortunately I wasn't able to catch the horses actually in the surf but I got there just after they were done and were on their way back to wherever they came from.
When I took this picture it was extremely smoky due to a small marsh fire nearby and the sunset over Maryland wasn't very good but thanks to PhotoShop I was able to edit the sunset to look halfway decent.
On Saturday evening, Valerie and I were on our way to go find her some food (thanks to the pregnancy) and we saw these two feral horses just idly standing by the side of the road that leads off the island. I guess they thought they were some sort of horse celebrity or something.
Here is where the horses normally live/roam.
Driving home from the island, Valerie and I found this old barn that ivy had overgrown and had to take a picture.
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5 Comments:
I love Assateague! I spent a week there...or was it Chickateague? (sp)
It's so pretty there.
I love your pictures. The colors are so vibrant and pretty and they're crisp too. Nice work
looks great! i can tell your addicted to photoshop now. can't wait to see the pregnancy pics. you need to take some. they are great for memories. She is so pretty preggers!
thanks for the positive feedback on my blog. I wanted to tell ya it is just white rolled paper (school supply store). but, it is HARD to shoot! Everyone told me that...now I know. If you ever wanna do it with the little one, remind me..I'll send you pointers (aka everything I did wrong and had to photoshop!!)
look at the manes of those horses! Beautiful!
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