Blogs from Alabama, United States, North America - page 34

I spent the final two weeks of my marvelous 2007 Trek on the Gulf Coast. Camped in Styx River, Alabama I enjoyed sitting on a beach in both Alabama and Florida. This is a glorious area—if you enjoy a beach, which I do. The sands are the texture of sugar and are that pristine white. The communities that enjoy the asset of a beach also take great care to make sure they are clean and have all the facilities to encourage the influx of a tourist. Gulf Shores was hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, fortunately they did not receive a direct hit, but they were affected nevertheless. But have they come back—there is building going on everywhere, and a lot of folks are back and buying homes on the beach. It really is lovely. In ... read more

Hello All, I'm still trying to figure out how to work my new blog site. This site enables me to attach more photos and I think it will be more user friendly. I had a previous post on this blog site, but am not sure it will show up. It's always a wait and see kind of thing for me:). I hope this email finds all of you dear friends, family and supporters doing well and laboring diligently in the Lord's kingdom. We've been 17 days on the road now, and we do still like one another :, but it is getting a little old:/. Still, it is a means to an incredible end and we still are very excited about our upcoming move to Africa. Someone told us recently that a man who'd been a ... read more

Sep 10, 2007 City official name :Warrior Founded date : Location :Alabama State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Warrior is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,169. The community was named for the Warrior Coal Fields, which opened in 1872. Its name was originally Warrior Station. ... read more

Sep 09, 2007 City official name :Hanceville Founded date : Location :Alabama State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Hanceville is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,951 ... read more

Sep 09, 2007 City official name :Cullman Founded date : Location :Alabama State Elavation :? ft (? m) Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). Facts :Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States and is considered a part of Greater Birmingham. At the 2005 estimation census the population was 16,675, gaining about 2,000 people from the census of 2000. The city is the county seat of Cullman County. Cullman is considered to be the financial, commercial, and civic center of not only Cullman County but of other surrounding counties as well. Cullman is one of the three primary cities that make up the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, which is home to over a million people. Cullman was ... read more