The backroads between Cleveland and Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Perfect in the fall.
Favorite difficult scenic drive?
The road between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa, in Ontario (Ontario Highway 17). Twisty-turny, and up and down (one minute you’re at the level of Lake Superior, the next, you’re 300 feet above it), and if you are the driver, you absolutely must pay attention. But the scenery is fantastic, and there are plenty of pullouts where you can stop and enjoy it.
Favorite road trip movie?
Sugarland Express.
Favorite ferry crossing
Pamlico River ferry
favorite bridge
Floating bridge, Seattle (is that still there?
Favorite US postage stamp
The “Inverted Jenny.” Somebody sure made a mistake there.
Favorite US coin?
Liberty walking half dollar, before WWII
Favorite candidate for next person to bed depicted on a coin or paper bill.
So many people were depicted on the state and presidential commemoratives, that I assume you don’t mean that.
My wish is for a return to abstract depictions of “Lady Liberty” instead of real people. I don’t know if that counts as a candidate, because I don’t think that’s on the table, but I don’t think any money changes are on the table at all-- other than ones that have been decided already.
Favorite autobiography.
The Education of Henry Adams
Favorite first lady in White House
Hillary R. Clinton
Favorite Katharine Hepburn movie.
The African Queen. Hepburn worked well with Bogart, under Huston’s direction.
Favorite transit system you’ve ever ridden?
The electric train in Phoenix/Tempe Arizona
favorite cowboy
George McJunkin, the slave-born cowboy who discovered there were two kinds of arrowheads.
Favorite Indian tribe
Cowboy Bob, host of a children’s cartoon show in Indiana, that I saw when I was visiting my cousins. He had a real horse and a real dog, and no annoying children or puppets. He also spoke with what sounded like a real Southern accent to me, but was probably just some kind of rural Indiana accent.
Oops.
Favorite kids’ show host.
Commander Tom. He was on WKBW channel 7 out of Buffalo, and his show was after school. Lots of old cartoons, Superman and Lone Ranger episodes, and fun with his puppet friends. He had a big following in western New York and southern Ontario.
Favorite Superman, out of all the actors who have portrayed him in movies and on TV?
Christopher Reeve.
Favorite chapter book when you were a child (say, under 11).
A.J.P. Taylor’s The Second World War. I was a military history nerd.
Favorite person from WWII?
Eisenhower
Because he was the Only five star that became commander-in-chief.
Favorite non armored military vehicle
A just-plain Jeep. It could go places that, at the time, no other vehicle could.
Favorite James Bond movie?
A View to a Kill, because Grace Jones
Favorite Bond girl