Posted on Thursday,April,30,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
American Spirit, by Beverly Hicks Burch
Back in January I took a trip out to Arizona and the Grand Canyon with Tall & Handsome. We decided to try the train ride from Williams, AZ up to the South Rim on the Canyon…and we’re so glad we did. It’s a trip worth doing at least once [...]
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Posted on Monday,March,23,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
Shadow Play
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Today’s picture is one of many from our trip to the Grand Canyon in January.
There are so many sweeping, stunning and breathtaking vistas at the Grand Canyon that it’s really hard to digest it all. How can something this large and magnificent be on this planet in the middle of “nowhere”? [...]
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Posted on Tuesday,March,3,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
Today I want to share with you a picture and a little history of a time long gone from our history.
The picture is of the Grand Canyon Train Depot and it just happens to be the first spot where this Southern gal met the Grand Canyon Village for the first time. I managed to capture [...]
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Posted on Sunday,March,1,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
This was a planter of cacti at a gas station north of the Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ area. We had stopped on our way out of town up to Williams, AZ where we were going to spend the night, then catch a train the next morning, Saturday, to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
This counts [...]
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Posted on Monday,February,23,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
The BamaSteelMagnolia™ Diaries –
Chapter 3: Compass…or Where in the
World is Bev?
By Beverly Hicks Burch
What’s your idea of adventure? I realize the idea or concept of adventure is relative to each individual. To some a few dashes of habanera sauce over their food or going mustang one day when they forgot to wash their [...]
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Posted on Wednesday,January,28,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
Click over to Around the Block – With the BamaSteelMagnolia(TM) and read I’ve Been a Bad, Bad Bev which chronicles a recent shopping trip I took in Phoenix.
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Posted on Tuesday,January,20,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
You know sometimes how your life can go south? You know those days or times when nothing seems to go right…in a hurry! We’ve all had them. Tall and Handsome and I kind of had a travel day like that yesterday, but more on that later.
Then of course there is that good kind of going [...]
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Posted on Thursday,January,31,2008 by bamasteelmagnolia
Cookie Road Trip – Arizona
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the United States. A Southwestern state in the Four Corners region, according to 2006 population statistics it is the US’s fastest growing state. Known for its desert beauty, Arizona is also the home of one of the USA’s natural wonders, [...]
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