And so it begins

Last night was the first night in the van and I must say it was rather triumphant.  Bitterly cold, but triumphant nonetheless.  Let's take a look at the positives:  We didn't die, nothing was damaged, we each partook in the free Grand Slam giveaway at Denny's, we learned some lessons for the future, and we were not towed.  There were 20 layers of clothing distributed unevenly between the 3 of us.  My vanmates decided they wanted to join me for night one and will also join me for night two since we're all going to the same place tomorrow morning.  And as Craig put it so well, "I never want to do this again until tomorrow."