The 2012 Chincoteague Pony Penning annual celebration will officially end tonight, with the closing of the carnival. The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company's carnival will run for two more nights - next Friday and Saturday, with the proceeds going to the ambulance fund. Only a few hundred spectators watched the swim back to Assateague, and quite a few of them walked behind the herd of ponies from the carnival grounds to the designated swim point. Following are several photos from Friday's swim back...
Getting ready to leave the Carnival Grounds
There are always a few ponies who want to go their own way...
Then the returnees enter the water of Assateague Channel
And swim back to another year of freedom on Assateague Island in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
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