# Whoa — I just retired today! How did your life change after retirement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-just-retired-today-how-did-your-life-change-after-retirement/975070 "2022-11-17T08:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-just-retired-today-how-did-your-life-change-after-retirement/975070/33 "2022-11-17T23:58:23Z")
When I joined here a little over ten years ago, one of my first threads (topics) I started was asking about how far north in Alaska I can drive. Since then I’ve been to Alaska 2x, it was the 50th state for me to visit, and yet it’s still on my list of things to do: Drive the Alaska Highway and drive up the Haul Road to Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay. Although @Chefguy might be tired of me talking about it. 😜 Anyway that’s part of my map pins. If I can swing it, on that trip I’ll also drive far north in the Northwest Territories to Inuvik and Tuk (Tuktoyaktuk). Although sadly, the ice road there has been replaced by a real road. Oh the Places You’ll Go! > [@Alaska: how far north can I drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-how-far-north-can-i-drive/621895): > > Driving from California up the ALCAN Highway into Alaska has been a dream of mine and I plan to do it in the coming years. Once in Alaska I want to drive as far north as possible. I’ve read in articles here and there that one can drive up the Haul Road to Deadhorse, yet in other articles it appears the Haul Road is a controlled pipeline maintenance road only open to limited people (employees, inspectors, etc…). I think I read somewhere you can drive as far north as Barrow. Haul Road or not, Ba… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-i-just-retired-today-how-did-your-life-change-after-retirement/975070)._