Minimum Viable... Camper?

The build planning marches on. I realize I skipped a few posts here, which leave minor tiny little questions outstanding about the cabin such as:

What are you building? Who is building it? How expensive is it? How did you choose?

How high over the cows are you hanging the electric?

We'll get there. But meanwhile, let's talk about campers!

But because of the wild flurry of building going on right now, it's going to be a while before the Minimum Cabin is up and habitable, but come hell or high water tables, I'm going to sit in that forest this summer, smell the unmistakable scent of the complex decomposition after the rain, paddle around in a canoe, make blueberry pancakes from wild blueberries, and figure out whether the sliding door should face east or south.

What kind of wild lady of leisure is this Minimum Cabiness, paddling around in a canoe and sipping lemonade in a forest? - you might be asking. Well, it's not quite that. I work a lot, actually - but it's 2021 and I can sip lemonade in a forest after a long day of building kickass software with my kickass team. And by lemonade, I mean beer. ; )

I can work remotely. One of the (very few) odd and unexpected blessings that come with the pandemic is that many employers, including my own, have opened up their idea of where everyone can sit while they remain productive. My colleagues have spread across farms, homesteads, and cities in many nations across the world. (Their home-countries; we're an international bunch.) Although my work hours are long, summer days are longer. And there's vacation.

So here's the plan: get a camper, park it on my build site (my miracle-worker general contractor will run water and power out to it) and live in that while the cabin goes up next door! (very. very. slowly.) All the perks of lake life, with the comforts of a desk to work at, a stable internet connection, and way to keep an eye on the site work.

Major obstacle: everyone and their uncle wants to rent a camper right now. And renting a camper for more than a few weeks can be more expensive than buying a camper. So, I'm going to try to buy a camper! I have an agent in NH (a friend of a friend who is some kind of camper expert) who is hunting around for something suitable. My requirements are simple: clean, with a kitchen, small-ish (under 30') and with a spot I can set up my nerd-station (monitor, keyboard, finicky chair, giant mug of coffee) and no terrifying bugs. We'll see how that goes!