After bundling up and facing the northern winter winds, I finally got the measurements from my truck needed to get the plans drawn up. I decided on a simple camper that will slide in and out of the bed, and will keep the tailgate down to add an extra 2 feet to the overall length.

I have drawn up the basic walls so far, minus horizontal supports, and figured out a few other things.

I am planning on building a custom couch to wrap around the back wall of the camper so I can sit comfortably with guests.

I am using my Cricket Wireless smart phone, with 12GB of 4G and mobile hotspot to supply internet to the Raspberry Pi 3, running Openelec that will supply entertainment. I will probably keep my lenovo workstation on board as well, assuming I can supply enough power to run this stuff. I am currently using the hotspot on my phone to post this on my workstation PC. It works very very well, and I am quite pleased with it.

I have left plenty of clearance in most of the dimensions for my camper as I can always add foam insulation or rubber mats to fill gaps in and such. Better too small than too big.

The biggest challenges I face right now are financial, and time constraints. I am moving an hour away from my job and my grumpy old tuck does not like the drive every day. It is costing me almost as much in gas each month as my previous rent. Though I am in a much better situation now. I will be trying to work on this every day from now until it is completed.

Windows. I have designed a few pretty neat windows for this camper. Ordering custom cut and framed windows would be extremely expensive, so I have decided to make them myself. I am experienced enough in galss cutting to turn a bottle into a cup, and make stained glass windows. I spent a day studying and practicing with a master stained glass maker a few years ago, and learned just enough to get by. You can buy a Kobalt brand glass cutter at lowes for about $4 or so. I highly recommend dabbling in glass as it can be a very valuable skill.

I am too tired to keep rambling on, so I will leave it at this.