After a quick lunch, we took the Goldbelt Tramway from just about sea level up 1800 feet to Mt. Roberts. I showed the tram from the ship a couple days ago, but here again.
![Tram](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5139.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
![Goldbelt Tram](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5143.jpg?resize=640%2C605&ssl=1)
It takes about 5 minutes to ride up 1800 feet above Juneau. Here are a couple views from the top.
![View from Mt Roberts](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5147.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
![View of Harbor Below](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5162.jpg?resize=640%2C471&ssl=1)
There is a trail you hike back town into town, but we just walked a short piece of it. Great views.
![Is this an Indian Trail Marking Tree?](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5163.jpg?resize=640%2C593&ssl=1)
![Views from Trail](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5169.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
![Views from Trail](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5172.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
There were a couple totem poles along the trail.
![Small Totem Pole along Trail](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5164.jpg?resize=640%2C1207&ssl=1)
![Another Totem Pole Along Trail](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5175.jpg?resize=640%2C1111&ssl=1)
Also, two trees had carvings in them.
![Tree Carving](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5176.jpg?resize=640%2C1122&ssl=1)
![Tree Carving](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5179.jpg?resize=640%2C670&ssl=1)
And a cross high on this hill.
![View from Trail](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5177.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
One last look down the tram cables.
![Long Way Down](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5180.jpg?resize=640%2C390&ssl=1)
Once we were back in town, we wandered a bit, just looking at the city.
![Street View in Juneau](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5182.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
![Street View in Juneau](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5183.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
Ten sculptures line the waterfront in Juneau called Aquileans. Their website can explain it better than I can.
“The inspiration for Aquileans sculptural form is archetypes of the Alaskan landscape including two iconic ecological shapes, a whale fluke and an eagle’s wings in flight. Aptly titled, Aquileans is a combination of the Latin words for eagle and whale. Each sculpture reflects and refracts sunlight during the day and at night are illuminated with a program of color changing LED lights reminiscent of the Aurora borealis northern lights phenomena.”
![Aquileans Sculpture](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5184.jpg?resize=640%2C909&ssl=1)
![Juneau Waterfront](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5185.jpg?resize=640%2C445&ssl=1)
Our ship, the Noordam, in the Juneau harbor.
![Holland America Noordam](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5187.jpg?resize=640%2C312&ssl=1)
This Raven-Eagle Sculpture depicts a raven on the left and an eagle on the right, two moieties of the Tlingit Tribe of southeast Alaska. A Tlingit is either eagle or raven by birth and according to custom must marry the opposite. Birth heritage is passed on by the mother.
![Raven Eagle Sculpture](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220824_103339.jpg?resize=640%2C483&ssl=1)
Back on board the ship we are treated to the Juneau waterfront by night. Note the blue lights along the water’s edge. These are the Aquileans sculptures lit at night.
![Juneau Waterfront at Night](https://i0.wp.com/markyanceyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5189.jpg?resize=640%2C371&ssl=1)
We’ve had a wonderful time in Juneau, but we will be in Skagway by morning. More adventures await us there.
Mark