Wild Horses in the Marsh

There are wild horses in the marsh. For centuries, they have inhabited the maritime forests and marsh islands along the border of Virginia and North Carolina. 

Encountering the horses among the islands is never assured. There are miles and miles of creeks that wind and cut through the marshlands, but most are too shallow or choked with submerged, prop-fouling grasses for a V hulled boat, but I tend to push the limits. In the end, I always have my shove pole and waders. The horses seem to prefer to graze along the edges of the islands, moving slowly with a marsh mentality, testing each step on the spongy islands. Sometimes, I hear them before I see them, their bodies hidden in the grasses and shrubs. And if I am lucky, they swim the channels between the islands.

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