Hi Jacquelyn,
When I was a girl, I really liked to draw. I had read the Black Stallion and Misty of Chincotegue books, so horses were one of my favorite things to draw. I haven't been horseback riding much though - only a few times at Girl Scout camp. I have been to Assateague Island and Chincoteague Island, where Misty lived. Chincoteague Island, Virgina happens to be just a few miles away from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. I visited NASA Wallops a few years ago to help out with a NASA sounding rocket mission called CHARM. You can see the satellite dishes at NASA Wallops from Chincoteague Island. It is very strange to think that the ponies and old-fashioned shrimp boats on Chincoteague Island are so close to the high-tech, modern world of NASA.
Kris