Assateague Island

We drove in to Assateague Island, and the horses were really out in force. We saw our first one within minutes of entering the park. As we drove, we explained to Kyle that these were wild horses that the experts think came from shipwrecks of Spanish Ships back in the 1600s. The horses that survived the wrecks began to live here and raise families. We saw some remainders of one of the wrecks back in the sand. The horses were happily munching away while lots of tourists snapped pictures of the horses. The largest mini-band I saw had 7 horses in it.

We stopped to take a picture of a Sika Deer, which is a small breed of deer introduced to the island in the 1800s. They look a little like fawns because they have white spots all the time.

Sika Deer by ~debiannj on deviantART

On the way out, we stopped at the gift shop/ranger station where I renewed my foster horse, Coach Thomas, for another year, and we picked up some other goodies. Kyle got to hold a Welk, and a Horseshoe Crab. He unsuccessfully tried to pry open a clam.

We then went back to Salisbury where we had a nice Japanese dinner at Tokyo Steakhouse, before heading home. The next evening, Kyle was to go back to his mother until Easter.