One of my favorite things to photograph is animals- all different kinds of animals. So, on a Thanksgiving trip to Emerald Isle with my family, when I heard about an island with dolphins and wild horses, I jumped at the chance to go. The island, called Bird Shoals Island, is part of the Rachel Carson Reserve. The Rachel Carson Reserve, named after the famous environmentalist, is part of the National Park Service. It is a protected area that has lots of species of wildlife and it is dedicated to conservation. Bird Shoals dolphins, birds, and it has a herd of forty wild horses! The Rachel Carson Reserve is near Beaufort, North Carolina, and Beaufort has ferries to the reserve. When we got onto the boat that would take us out, we saw dolphins! They were close to the boat and beautiful. I unfortunately didn't get photos of them, because I left my camera in my bag so that it wouldn't get wet. But seeing dolphins, even if I didn't get pictures of them, was really cool. From the boat, we did see a horse grazing on the back of Bird Shoals. It was so pretty!
When I got off the boat, I started walking along the three- mile beach, hoping to see horses. I saw a ton of sand dollars and I snapped a few shots of them. It was a beautiful, quiet beach, but there were no horses. I was almost back at the boat to leave when a gorgeous wild horse came trotting out on the beach. I immediately started snapping, and I took lots of photos of the beautiful horse. I boarded the ferry and continued to snap until I could barely see the horse. I'm so glad that I got to photograph this beautiful horse and it was an incredible experience.
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