Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I'd Like to go on Vacation With

Every month, I try to sneak in one Top Ten Tuesday post, so here we are!

Top Ten Tuesday is a tag hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week, she picks a bookish prompt and then posts ten books (or, in this case, characters) that fit the prompt. This week's prompt is "Characters I’d Like to go on Vacation With".

My favorite trips have been ones I've taken with one other person; for a few summers, my mom and I would take a road trip to a location a few hours away and explore a bit (I think we went to Ithaca, NY, the Wyoming Valley in PA, and Chattanooga, TN. I wish we'd done more trips like that while I was still in high school). I also went to the WV Renaissance Festival with my best friend a few years ago. So, instead of picking ten characters I'd like to go with on a trip with in a group as the prompt suggests, I decided to pick ten characters I'd travel with separately on ten mini-vacations. 

Ready? Here we go!

1. Sam Gamgee (LotR)

I wouldn't follow him to Mount Doom, but I can picture us taking a nice, quiet ramble around the Shire together.

2. Jo March (Little Women)

I feel like she'd be a relaxed yet no-nonsense traveling partner. I think we'd go to the beach, like she does with Beth. Hopefully our trip would be happier than that one!

3 & 4. Khai and Zariya (Starless)

Two for one–I would be safe from anything with Khai around, and Zariya would bring her gentle humor to any mishaps we might encounter. Maybe I'd bring my husband too, though, just so I wouldn't be their third wheel.

5. Evelina (Evelina)

Sometimes it's comforting to travel with someone who's just as unsure and uncomfortable in new places as you are.

6. Will Lawrence (The Chronicles of Temeraire)

I'm not sure I'd want to travel by ship or by dragon, so maybe I'd meet up with Lawrence and Temeraire at our final destination (China, maybe?). I think they'd be fun to hang out with.

7. Beck (Back When We Were Grownups)

She'd organize everything down to the minute and make sure everyone was having a good time.

8. Flick (The Strangeworlds Travel Agency)

Flick is such a brave little soul–and imagine the worlds she could show you! You'd probably run into some pirates or other dangerous characters though, so it wouldn't be a very relaxing vacation ...

9. Hava (Seasparrow)

And her blue foxes, of course. I think Hava would be a very comfortable traveling companion. We wouldn't talk much, and that's fine with me.

10. Isabella, Lady Trent (A Natural History of Dragons)

I loved spending time with Isabella between the pages of all of her books, so although I think she'd push me way beyond my comfort zone, at least I wouldn't be bored!

What about you? Do you prefer to vacation alone, with one other person, or with a group? Let me know what you think of my picks in the comments!