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Castle Hill 7/18

Postby tinypiney » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:31 am

I got some pics of Castle Hill while I was in Newport:
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Beavertail is in the way, way, background.
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby tinypiney » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:12 am

It was raining and it was beautiful!
There were also lots of rabbits...
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Rabbit.
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Looking up.
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby island » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:24 pm

Colin. Close by but a different light.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hill_Light

Also, Castle Hill was related to the subject of an earlier discussion here on Lh.net.
http://www.lighthousing.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3924&p=42709#p42709
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby Grover » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:36 am

Tiny ...

I prefer bunnies of the
dark choclate variety :wink:
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Eight lulus in a doozy, and sixteen doozies in a humdinger.

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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby tinypiney » Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:07 am

Haha...yeah, me too :)
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby wheland » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:06 am

Did the people at the resort give you any trouble getting onto the property to get up close to Castle Hill ?

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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby Grover » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:28 pm

...
Dennis, what I remember most about the "property" was, first time up there, maybe
late 70's, maybe early 80's, there was no "property." You needed to check in at
the coast guard station and ask for permission to walk the path (considerable in
length at that time) all the way to the light.

When I returned in the late 90's, not knowing better, I again went to the CG
station ... the seaman on visitor duty said "that's no longer on our property ..."
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby tinypiney » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:30 pm

Dennis - they didn't give us any trouble at all... they were very nice :)
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby CHUCKX53 » Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:08 pm

Nice, Tiny, Nice....I liked the second pic the best.

Believe it or no....Don't get to see too many 'Wabbits' round here..... :wink:
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby wheland » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:07 pm

tinypiney wrote:Dennis - they didn't give us any trouble at all... they were very nice :)


I found them very helpful as well but had heard some people ran into a problem.

It probably was either the wrong person or just a bad day to try and get in for them.

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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby tinypiney » Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:58 am

Actually, in Virginia, there aren't many rabbits either. Whenever I see a rabbit I get really excited, 'cause it's pretty rare. And there were at least three rabbits in the area around Castle Hill, so... I was quite excited :lol:
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby island » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:32 pm

Welcome Fall with new Seasonal Tasting Menus at Castle Hill Inn & Resort.
... The first course features Baked Sakonnet River Oysters with Gruyère cheese and pumpernickel croutons, followed by Carrot-Sweet Potato Soup Potato Soup with rabbit rillettes and pistachio cracker. ..

(this was for Fall 2008)
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby tinypiney » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:02 am

I've never tasted rabbit... because I just couldn't bear to think of eating one!
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Re: Castle Hill 7/18

Postby CHUCKX53 » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:54 am

HA....Tastes like Chicken !!! :lol:
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Postby tinypiney » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:52 pm

That's what they all say... :lol:
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