Sweeps Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 2009

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Dawn of a new day at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport	Judy and Ed are ready to fly	A beautiful day for an airplane ride	Final approach to Manchester
Welcome to Manchester!	The Radisson, the conference hotel	Lucky dogs	Lots of conference attendees
Charming downtown Manchester	Town Hall	The famous Red Arrow Diner, est. 1922	Ed sat where Guy sat
Yummy desserts lie within	The Red Arrow's old-fashioned counter	Blue plate special: Fried haddock & chips	Manchester farmer's market is open on Thursdays
Sweet stop	One of Manchester's many monuments	Lala's Hungarian Pastry is near the Radisson	A fine breakfast at Lala's
The Merrimack River runs through Manchester	The Jefferson Tower in the Millyard District	The clock tower is open to the public	Looking up into the clock tower
The clock works	The weights drive the works	The walls are graced with lovely murals	An overlook provides a great view of Amoskeag Falls
Amoskeag Falls and power station	Amoskeag Falls closeup	The Amoskeag Mills stood here	A remnant of the canal behind the overlook
One of Manchester's many vintage houses	Some of these houses are used as professional offices	A charming house...	...with lovely details
Flowers abound	A big fat bee taking a snooze	A Manchester bouquet	You need to take time to smell the flowers
Manchester residents display their pride	A bit of local color	Many sidewalks feature intricate brick work	Grace Episcopal Church has beautiful stone work
Saint Joseph Cathedral	A monument to Manchester's war dead	Rene Gagnon helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima	"Don't glorify war... There is no glory in it..."
Old and not so old	A colorful mural	Back at the convention	Judy and Bonnie listen to Gwen's pitch
High style	Debbie, Marion and Judy at the banquet	Judy with her online friend Terry	Terry and Judy
Judy puts her lucky entry in the drum	Banquet buffet	Hungry sweepers	Star Spangled Banquet
Chocolate lovers delight	Saguaro Sweepers and AZ friends	The "other" Greenbergs	A group decked out for the Fourth
Paula	Judy	Ed (our personal photo guy!)	Debbie
Karen	Richard brings his lucky candle	Marion performs the candle ritual	Debbie remains skeptical
Judy's taking no chances	Vicki takes a whiff	Jim Perry does his videography thing	Star Spangled Hair
Steve MC's the show	Judy with her Condiment Grill centerpiece win	"Uncle Sam" wins too	Marion with a win
Judy with a win	I love this shirt!	Prize runners line up	Tania, Steve and a runner
Judy with some wins	Debbie wins a "sweeping spectacular" prize	Lots of sweeps goodies	Vicki wins too
Fun stuff!	Marion wins again	Judy too	Judy is happy
Stamps are always welcome	It's always fun to be with our sweeping buddies	Another win for Marion	Richard is back with the magic candle
Steve's looking for the winner	Richard's candle brings him a big win	Congrats Richard!	Judy walks in downtown Manchester
Downtown Manchester has a great look	We're back at the Red Arrow for breakfast on the Fourth	Chatting with some other hungry sweepers	Breakfast is served
Great view from behind the counter	Another look at a local landmark	In the kitchen	Judy reviews the pictures on the wall
Everyone in "Who's Who" has eaten here	Local boy Adam Sandler has been a "regular"	One of Judy's favorite heartthrobs was here	They make their own root beer and twinkies
Overview of the Millyard District	More storms coming	The sky looks fabulous	Millyard District panorama
Elm Street Panorama	Dressed for the Fourth outside the ballpark	Fisher Cats baseball on the Fourth!	A perfect evening for a ball game
Sweepers in line for burgers and dogs	The Hilton Garden Inn overlooks the ballpark	A panoramic view of the ballpark	Take me out to the ball game
Judy waits for her turn at the feeding trough	Whatever a fisher cat is, this is one	View of the river from the ballpark	You meet the nicest people at the ballpark
Judy preparing to grab some vittles	The sun sets over the Merrimack	From the diner to the diamond	New old pals Terry and Judy
Moon over Manchester	Al Sayward, a.k.a. Uncle Sam	Al belts out a tune for the fans	I have no idea what this is
But these are tomatoes. Makes sense, doesn't it?	A fisher cat and a what?	Post-game fireworks	Lots of rockets
Ka-boom!	A dazzling display	I love fireworks!	A kaleidoscope of color
Old Glory on the scoreboard	Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!	Pancake breakfast and prize drawing	The Saguaro Sweepers and friends
The Lucky Lilacs	Breakfast is served!	A full house	Cantelope with this guy
A win for Marion!	What they serve at a pancake breakfast	Debbie wins a prize!	The ritual Passing of he Drum
A prize for Karen	The Saguaro Sweepers heading out of Dodge City	Judy and Ed stay in Manchester one more day	Many of the buildilngs here are made of brick
The Mill Girl commemorative sculpture	Dedicated to the women who worked in the woolen mills	Big Mill Girl and Little Judy	Another view of the Mill Girl sculpture
Back to the Merrimack	Merrimack river panorama	Much of the Millyard District was built up in the 1800's	The University of NH has a branch campus here
We take a drive to nearby Milford, NH	Milford is simply charming	Let the fireworks begin!	The City of Manchester put on a spectacular show
The fireworks were postponed to July 5	The weather cooperated tonight	Megatron attacks!	A stunning display
Reminds me of a song...	The rockets' red glare,	The bombs bursting in air	Gave proof through the night...
that our flag was still there	O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave	O'er the land of the free	and the home of the brave?
One last breakfast outing in Manchester	"Jewell and the Beanstalk" is a hidden treasure	The emphasis is on fresh, local ingedients	This was once a neighborhood general store
The food is delicious!	Time stands still here	Farewell, Manchester, it's time to fly away!	Back home in the Valley of the Sun

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