NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE ALPS.Some of the best and most interesting outdoor Web sites are the ones that report on hiking and backpacking trips in exotic places around the world. A new one we found this week (http://mitglied.lycos.de/rwyss/landscapes/faulhorn.htm) recaps a three-day trek through the Bernese Alps Bernese Alps German Berner Oberland Segment of the Alps, Switzerland. It lies north of the Rhône River and south of Brienzer and Thuner lakes and extends east from Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and the valley of the upper Aare River. in Switzerland. A daily diary includes breathtaking pictures of the terrain that makes you feel like Julie Andrews Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells[1] on 1 October 1935[2]) is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. and could prompt you to yodel yodel or yodle (both: yō`dəl), type of wordless singing, joyous in nature, usually associated with the Swiss. It is, in fact, practiced throughout the Alps and, as an importation, in the mountains of Kentucky. out a tune. --Throwing craps craps: see dice. craps Gambling game in which each player in turn throws two dice, attempting to roll a winning combination. The term derives from a Louisiana French word, crabs, which means “losing throw. : Crappie crappie: see sunfish. crappie Either of two deep-bodied freshwater North American fish species (family Centrarchidae) that are popular as food and prized by sport fishermen. Native to the eastern U.S. isn't as sexy a fish species as the trout and bass set that dominates the fishing scene. But there are devoted fans of this panfish n. 1. Any of numerous small food fishes; especially those not available on the market. 2. Any of numerous small food fishes taken with hook and line. Noun 1. that fights light tackle with a mean streak Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991. It was constructed using 1. . Try the Crappie USA American Crappie Association Web site (http://www.crappieusa.com/) for more information. Crappie gear can be purchased online. Your little ones can join the Crappie Kids club that includes tournaments and scholarship awards. And there even is a Crappie USA tournament trail that includes 2003 stops in Chickamauga, Tenn., Tuckertown Lake, N.C., and Oologah, Okla. Other crappie sites worth a look include the appropriately named crappie.com. A giant crappie greets visitors. - Chris Cocoles ``Hunting's Best Short Stories'' Edited by Paul D. Staudohar (Chicago Review Press, 2000, $16.95) Hunters mark their lives by the seasons, and memory is the foundation of their religion. Dove season begets deer season. Deer season begets quail season. Quail season begets duck season. And so it goes, year after year, with new stories added to old, then retold re·told v. Past tense and past participle of retell. , reconstituted with age, re-lived with every opening day. Conversations begun one year continue seamlessly the next. Generations merge. Change hides. It's fertile literary ground. The 21 tales in this excellently edited collection bridge a 112-year period. The oldest - Guy de Maupassant's 1885 classic, ``Love'' - is as contemporary as the most recent, ``Elk'' by Rick Bass (1997), for that is the way hunting is. Ernest Hemingway's ``The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber'' (1935), which many scholars consider his best short story, speaks to us of courage. As does, in a different way, David Guterson's ``Opening Day'' (1989), in which a middle-aged son and his father realize they have hunted together for the last time. Scheduled to be released next month, this anthology is perfect for anyone who has hunted, or anyone who wants to understand why people hunt. - Michael A. Anastasi CAPTION(S): box Box: ON THE TUBE |
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