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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1180337, member: 16948&quot;]Even though I&#039;ve been an EAC member for a few years, this is the first EAC Convention I&#039;ve attended.&nbsp; I really love the Portland area, it&#039;s so green and beautiful, and this show is in the same facility as the PNNA Portland show, and I happen to have my exact same table as that show.&nbsp; </p><p>I arrived here Thursday afternoon and my buddy Ron picked me up at the airport and we drove straight to the show.&nbsp; We arrived a little early so we had lunch at the Doubletree, then set up my table.&nbsp; My nighbor brought some local wine and was gracious enough to share it with us.&nbsp; Then the EAC had a wonderful reception following set up, so we enjoyed a few snacks and more tasty wine.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110512-00482.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Quarternut was also at the reception</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110512-00475.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is my buddy Ron</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110512-00481.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is my other buddy Mark</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110512-00477.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Following the reception they held some programs called &quot;Happenings&quot; that I understand to be a sort of show and tell for specific coins, but not being familiar with this event, I had already made other plans so I wasn&#039;t able to attend.&nbsp; </p><p>This morning I took a few photos from the car on the way in (can&#039;t understand why photos taken with my cell phone from a car come out more clearly than photos taken of someone standing still right in from of me!).</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00497.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Portland has this tram that goes over the freeway connecting a parking lot with the hospital!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00494.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00493.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>My buddy Ron had a large group of beautiful Indian cents he was selling from his personal collection, which of course I couldn&#039;t pass up.&nbsp; I ended up buying this whole pile of Indian cents, many of which were in rattler and old green holders.&nbsp; All were pristine MS64/MS65 RB and RED!&nbsp; This alone made the trip up here welll worth it!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00483.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00484.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A few forum members stopped by, some of whom were gracious enough to let me take their photo and post it here!:</p><p>Moldnut</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00502.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>ColoradoCoinGuy</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00508.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tomorrow night is the big much-anticipated EAC auction - heres a photo of auction lot viewing:</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00506.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here are some photos of the bourse taken this morning:</p><p>Doug Byrd&#039;s table right across from me:</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00505.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00503.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And ......me......</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110513-00515.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not sure yet what we&#039;re doing tonight, the EAC has a dinner but I hadn&#039;t signed up for it.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to make some inquiries![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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