NATURAL RESOURCES YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO BUT..``If you like FISHING and you like MUSIC, you're gonna LOVE this,'' so touts Bow River Bow River River, Alberta, Canada. Rising in Banff National Park on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, it flows 315 mi (507 km) southeast through the park and east past Calgary to unite with the Oldman River and form the Saskatchewan River. Music Inc.'s Web site, Classic Fish Songs (www.fishingsongs.com). While old-timers might say belting out a tune on the boat might scare the big ones away, a little crooning is encouraged here. This site offers sound bytes Sound Bytes is the title of a two hour weekly program that airs on WHAM, a Rochester, NY radio station. As of the initial writing of this article in March of 2007, it can be heard Sundays starting at 11AM Eastern time. of such songs as ``Saltwater Boogie,'' ``The One That Got Away,'' ``Let's Go Let's Go may refer to: Television
``The songs blend in Verb 1. blend in - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" blend, go fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" and out of some of the most recognized and pleasurable styles of country music,'' the Web site says. ``One song may be as traditional as Buck Owens Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American singer and guitarist, with twenty number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts. then the next could sound like Garth Brooks, or a modern day Elvis Presley.'' Can you picture the King threading nightcrawlers on a hook along the Mississippi outside Memphis? --Coming Schoon: Some might only consider schooners to be what bars pour beer into. It's something different to sailors. The Schooner schooner (sk  `nər), sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. Man Web site (www.schoonerman.com) celebrates the history of tall sailing ships. ``Here you will find schooners, brigs, brigantines, barks and fully rigged gall ships. If you feel the wind in your sails, enjoy these tall ships of yesterday and meet the seafaring men that sailed them.'' There is some impressive art work for sale here, including murals of such crafts as the Fighting Temeraire, Shamrock 3 and Rising Wind. This is an informative site for sailing-history buffs, including the connections between the sea and the Bible. - Chris Cocoles MYSTERY RUN The 2001 National Outdoor Book Awards were announced just in time for your holiday shopping. Among the more interesting winners was ``Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde'' by David Dimock (Fretwater Press, Flagstaff Flagstaff, city (1990 pop. 45,857), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a lively tourist trade thrive in the region, where many ruined pueblos, numerous state parks, several lakes, and large pine forests , Ariz.). The young couple disappeared on their honeymoon while running the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. in the Grand Canyon. They were never found, although their boat, upright alongside the river containing all their gear, was found. In trying to solve the mystery, Dimock and his wife, Jeri, built a replica of the Hydes' wooden scow and followed their path down the river. There was a tie in the children's category between ``What Does the Sky Say?'' by Nancy White Carlstrom (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Grand Rapids, Mich.) and ``Coyote and Bader: Desert Hunters of the Southwest'' by Bruce Hiscock (Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, Pa.). The latter is for kids 7 to 10 years old and is a natural history story about predators and their struggle to survive. The story is set in New Mexico among Anasazi ruins. The former follows a child watching the sky through the changing seasons and in different types of weather. - Bill Becher CAPTION(S): box Box: ON THE TUBE |
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