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flying above Tongass Nat'l Forest with stunning lakes below. not too shabby a view!

so finally went to Alaska for the first time and it was so far beyond anything I had expected. Juneau was the first stop and we were just thrilled to see rain, coming from nearly 100 days of triple digit heat and drought in Texas. Upon arriving in Juneau, I was ready to move!

The Mount Roberts Tramway is an aerial tramway located just south of downtown Juneau in the U.S. state of Alaska. In operation since 1996, the tram makes a six-minute ascent of 3,819-foot (1,164 m) Mount Roberts from the cruise ship docks (just feet above sea level) to a height of about 1,800 feet (550 m), making it one of the most vertical tramways in the world[citation needed]. A restaurant, theater, nature center and retail shops are located at the top of the tramway, as well as connections to trails leading both up and down the mountain. One trail up the mountain leads to a large cross.

Inside passage