• A photo of a couple observing ponies walking in the water on the Refuge.
  • A passenger taking photos of the ponies in the salt marsh on the refuge.
  • Pony Swim 2022, ponies swimming across the channel.
  • Two smiling, happy passengers posing for a photo with ponies in the background, grazing in the salt marsh on the refuge.
  • man wearing a baseball cap sitting in luxury tritoon boat observing dolphin in the ocean
  • 2 ponies standing on the beach, bay side, on the refuge.
  • A smiling, happy passenger posing for a photo with ponies in the background, grazing in the salt marsh on the refuge.
  • Ponies grazing in the salt marsh and in the water on the refuge.
  • A passenger on the boat observing a band of ponies in the salt marsh.
  • Ponies grazing in the salt marsh on the refuge.
  • A smiling, happy passenger posing for a photo with ponies in the background, grazing in the salt marsh on the refuge.
  • Ponies grazing in the salt marsh and in the water on the refuge.
  • A family cruising on the tritoon with youngster at the helm.
  • Two ponies on the refuge.
  • Family on back of tritoon boat observing ponies in salt marsh
  • foal laying in salt marsh with dam standing closely
  • 2 people in boat observing ponies in salt marsh in front of Assateague Lighthouse

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    Riptide eating young marsh grass in the salt marsh

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