Leo Scanlon's extensive travels is revealed in his list of personal favorites. Compiled by Leo in March, 1989

Specific People, Places and Things

• Family

  My life with Margaret and the children, son Kevin and Dory, my brothers and sisters, travels with brother Larry from 1928 onward

• Friends, Colleagues and Hobbies

  Friendships with Amateur Astronomers during stargazing, rock grinding and rock grinding friends, Academy of Science & Art Lectures for 40 years.

• Scenery and Vistas

  Sunsets on Lake Erie, Grand Teton Mountains (near Denver), Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia)

• Other Special Locales

  Spanish Missions, Four-Corners Area, Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns

• Archaeology sites

  Greece, Peru (Inca culture), Mayan ruins

• International Travels

  Mexico, Greece, England, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Ireland

• Cities

  Vancouver, Denver, San Francisco, Santa Fe

• Museums

  Carnegie, Smithsonian, Victoria, Vancouver, San Francisco, Cleveland, Los Angeles, British, Sonora (Arizona) Desert Museum

• Scientific books

  Geology, exploration, anthropology

• Music

  Violin solos, Strauss, Victor Herbert, some opera arias, some overtures such as "Poet and Peasant", "Light Cavalry", "Peer Gynt Suite"

• Movies

  "The Quiet Man", "Wizard of Oz"

• Quiz Shows

  Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Sale of the Century, Price Is Right

• Singers

  Perry Como, Roger Whittaker, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, Anne Murray, Roberta Flack, Helen Reddy, Petula Clark

• German cooking

  Sauerbraten, potato pancakes, hasenpfeffer.

Memorable Events

Astronomy-Related

• Meeting Albert Einstein in 1934
• Building my aluminum observatory in 1930, first in the world
• Appearing on "20-20" TV program for Halley's Comet
• Seeing the Milky Way and stars in Scorpius from Greece

Museum Displays

• Rosetta Stone - British Museum
• Da Vinci's notebook - British Museum
• Elgin Marbles - British Museum
• "Crystal Skull" - British Museum
• Chinese exhibit - Cleveland Museum
• Vatican treasures - San Francisco Asian Museum
• Nazca Lines marking photos - Smithsonian.
• Airplanes - Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum (Dayton)
• Airplanes - National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
• Irish treasures in Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh), including the Book of Kells

Visiting Churches, Temples, Monuments and Tombs

• Standing amid the Stonehenge Trilithons - Salisbury, England
• Climbing down into the tomb of Lord Racal - Yucatan Pyramid
• Walking through the Lion's Gate - Mycenea
• Going into the Tholos of Atreus - Greece
• Dante's and Galileo's tombs in Santa Croce - Florence, Italy
• Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments
• St. Francis of Assisi's tomb - Italy
• Walking around the Parthenon - Greece
• St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel - Rome
• Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Cathedral - Venice
• Anasazi/Pueblo on Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelly
• Michelangelo's Pieta and statue of David (replica) - Rome

Activities

• Straddling the San Andreas Fault at Point Reyes, Ca.
• Straddling the Greenwich Meridian at Greenwich Observatory
• Cruising the Greek Isles with son Thomas and Wendy
• Riding a cable car to the top of Stone Mountain in Georgia
• Riding a cable car to the top of Mt. Pilatus, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Riding a gondola in the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
• Foot racing on Olympia Field with Alice in 1984
• Taking first plane ride (hydroplane) in Miami, Fl., 1928
• Rafting the San Juan River in Utah (twice)

Misc. Most Memorable

• Visiting the Grand Canyon, twice (1940, 1988)
• Meeting Alice in 1984
• Running out of gas on tour in Yucatan Rain Forest (1986)
• Watching a Navajo lady weave a rug on portable loom (Utah)

Marker and Asteroid

Recollections

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