NoVa, just want to welcome you to B-world, Congratulations on your new purchase. Hope you will keep posting about your experiences.
On every trip, strangers approach and ask about the van, and we give a lot of spur of the moment tours. It may be my imagination, but seems like we're seeing more Bs than ever on the road this year. I think a lot of early retirees are happy with the trade-offs in less living space. You already know the advantages.
We've had our B almost four years, and on each trip, I say a few times, "this was the best thing we ever bought." We are close to putting 30,000 miles on it, and love our adventures.
Enjoy!