Sentences with phrase «up the river»

Six fluorescent lights, painted pink to look «like salmon swimming up a river,» hang at different heights from a tin ceiling.

Except they were going up river in Heart of Darkness, so that breaks the comparison a bit.

You can also do a two day hike from further up the river down to the parking lot.

Soon, he was sent up the river where he began serving a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.

«You mean go up the river for a salmon,» I said.

A good analogy is cruising up a river in a boat.

A terrible boss sends the employee up a river without a paddle.

Unless, the monster ran up the river like I did.

I stopped at that young man's camp and he went up river with me.

This is an easy hike, but when I say you're hiking up the river I do mean in the river.

«About tomorrow's trip up the river» he said.

The scenery was magnificent, but the jet boat ride up the river is something to die for.

After about 15 minutes I gave up and just started walking up the river bed.

Take a drive up the river on any given day and you'll see fishermen at every bend.

There's a range of incredible rooms and suites, with everything from opulent beachfront butler suites to new swim - up river suites in the resort's beautiful tropical gardens.

There's small kitchen with a sink that's fed with a pump drawing up river water for dish - washing.

Just as I was thinking these thoughts, I looked up the river and saw a boat floating down the river toward me, and inside were some fishermen!

Others did a few exploratory trips later back to the harbor to check on conditions over the next few months and eventually returned up the river.

We spent the rest of the afternoon following these six bears up the river, getting an insider glimpse into their world.

Don't get caught in unexpected rushing water or lost wandering up a river!

If you like speed, spins, thrills and incredible scenery only visible from the water, jet boating will be right up your river!

Since it is highly concentrated in muscles, many researchers think it gives athletes the endurance to swim up rivers.

The accommodations will range from new swim - up river suites situated in the resort's lush tropical garden to opulent beachfront butler suites.

There is also the chance to go up the river to get a closer look at this beautiful area.

The lawmakers, led by Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman of Manhattan, want Cuomo to work with G.E. to continue cleaning up the river after the company finishes its six - year dredging project to remove PCBs on a 40 - mile stretch of the river.

Cut off the free hosting and the ready source of revenue, and we might be able to dry up the river of spam.

«We at Scenic Hudson are thrilled that Governor Spitzer has made a strong commitment to the 400th anniversary of Hudson's sail up the river through his State of the State address and his commitment of financial resources to the celebration including «legacy projects» that will create new parks to enable people to enjoy the Hudson River.

Tuna artist Anthony Flack adds, «We've swum this far up a river of shit and I'll be damned if I'm gonna give up now.»

First Degree finds hope in this seemingly hopeless place by investigating an unusual college behind bars that prevents Sing Sing inmates from being sent back up the river after their release.

Lost River is a decaying, abandoned city on the edge of a lake created by damming up a river and flooding another town.

These calm waters make for some beautiful viewing if travelling up the river by boat and many of the lucky locals who live beside these waters are able to fish right from their doorsteps.

Salmon used to travel up the river Thames, through London, to their breeding grounds in Berkshire.

At the end of the Riverside Walk trail, you can continue your way up the river approximately two miles by wading through the water between a narrow canyon.

Another example: as rising ocean levels move up the rivers to flood productive agricultural lands and the communities / industries therein, what will the cost of relocation and replacement of productive lands with marginally productive lands be?

They also have kayaks that you can take up the river (visible from most of the rooms) to a secret waterfall hike, which I highly recommend.

The Keurbooms River Nature Reserve hires canoes for paddling up the river which winds through indigenous forest.

Just up the river from St. Albans is Nitro, the smallest city in our rankings.

The 8.2 m high ball floated 25 miles up the River Thames from Tilbury Dock on Thursday, passing iconic London landmarks such as the Thames Barrier and Canary Wharf along the way.

Harper jumped from the bank and skidded cleanly back onto the trail in a dead run heading up river.

Yes, there is an isolated group of salmon living in Eklutna Lake today — but did ocean - reared salmon ever swim up the river into the lake?

In the heart of the Tsitsikamma National Park the views from the suspension bridge back up the river through the gap formed by towering mountains, is exceptional.

Will have to pick up River City Ransom and Freedom Planet.

The piece relates to a spectacular Gloucestershire phenomenon — the Severn Bore, a large tidal wave that surges up the River Severn — and will be shown with a companion work at Camden Arts Centre during February, with related drawings on display at the Contemporary Art Society.

Day 5 By boat up river to Mingun to visit its pagodas and one of the world's largest bells.

A guided nature walk through lush tropical bush, followed by canoeing up river in 3 - man canoes.

The area is a cultural hub opening up the rivers habitat for residents and tourists, the main attractions are the public art gallery, cultural centre, swimming lagoons and cafe.

The experience of reading the essays that make up The River of Consciousness is very much like peering into an ever - changing stream.

Aside from destroying biodiversity, tree plantations have dried up river catchments, caused soil erosion when the land is ploughed for planting (meaning loss of soil carbon), exhausted nutrients, and pesticides have poisoned water and fisheries.