Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. Or a DeLorean. In fact, the only prerequisites are that your vehicle is in a sound condition and fully fuelled, and that you are confident with changing a tyre or two. Because this is Alaska, somewhere you can ‘drive’ several thousand nautical miles without putting a single extra digit on your odometer.
Welcome to the Alaska Marine Highway, the only one of the 67 All-American Roads that isn’t on tarmac but instead takes to water on a car ferry. Along 3500 miles of scenic coastline from Washington State to the Aleutian Islands, it provides access to remote communities along the Inside Passage and beyond.
To make it onto the list of America’s most scenic by-ways, a road must have ‘one-of-a-kind features that do not exist elsewhere’ and provide an exceptional travel experience. ‘Exceptional’ is one word; ‘breathtaking’ works, too. On an overnight ‘drive’ from Juneau
