Boldly Go Solo

My friend Anya, a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and sometime travel writer and photographer, recently sent me her story on Juneau, Alaska. After reading it, I’m totally sold on the place. I love this line in her story:

We saw bald eagles lock talons in midair, tumbling toward the ground like comic-book foes before they soared free.

But I’m veering off here… My point is, now I want to go to Juneau. I want to view the bears and the beauty she describes. Since I’m going to a conference in Seattle in June, it would be easy to head north from there. Easier, at least, than starting from the East Coast. My company is already paying for the round-trip flight to Seattle, so I would save plenty on airfare. I’m definitely going to be looking into this.

Do other people think this way? Or do they shy away from such opportunities because they don’t have someone to travel with? Tell me why, assuming you had the time, money and desire to go to Juneau, you would or wouldn’t go if you were in my situation.

Photo: Anya Sostek. Ice caves in Juneau, Alaska