Day One of my long-waited, full-time van life began in a brisk, 26 degree Ann Arbor morning and ended in Heiskill, Tennessee and its promising 50 degrees. First leg on the get-down-to-Florida’s-warmth trip.

And to celebrate the event, overnighting at Raccoon Valley RV, an Escapees Club park, and enjoying a dinner of a cold Alaskan Amber Ale paired with an RV-convection oven pizza! Well, the beer was good at least. And sadly, nary a raccoon sighted.