We did manage to find some beautiful rough cut, raw edged wood for the counter top where the settee once was. We had gone to the Fryeburg Faire in Maine and there was a booth demonstrating a band saw that cut logs. Then in a pile of wood that had been cut just before we arrived I saw the counter top. So we asked the guy that worked the booth if he'd sell us the piece. $20 got us a 1" thick 20" wide 8' long piece. Can't beat that price. We loaded it into our Hyundai Sante Fe without dusting it off and headed back to camp. Not a fun ride with wood in my face and a car full of sawdust. 
Later that day we headed to Lowes and bought a 2x4 had them cut it and built roof racks so that my 3hr trip home would be more comfortable.
The next day we returned home in the rain... the already green wood spent the next week of rain tied to the roof rack. I love the actual weathering that happened to the board as it spent the week in the elements. Its going to look fantastic distressed some more, scorched, stained and polyeurathaned.
The weekend came and I couldn't get the thought of buying more boards (for other projects out of my mind. Sunday came and we did a 7hr road trip to the faire and back for 3 more pieces of wood at $10 a piece! Can't beat that. I scored 2 wonky pieces of wood that was close to the outside of the log with lots of bark and knots. One of these will become a distressed piece that goes across the front of the camper on the inside to mount the lights and add a rustic focal point. The other planks will become possible shelving and other crafty things like signs. The left over from the countertop piece will be come a foldable table.
The other news I have is that I bought a newer to me truck that can handle towing the camper without fear that the frame will fall apart. My old Chevy has seen better days in its life and I coukdn't justify putting work into a vehicle that every time I shut the door a large piece of rot (way beyond rust) would fall to the ground. I had even thought of putting a hitch onto the Santa Fe but wasn't sure if it could handle the weight of the camper (even though we've torn out most of the heavy stuff). And then we still had the dilema of bringing the motorcycles with us. So a bit of money appeared in my pocket and at that very point a truck appeared. I couldn't pass it up!
So now I just need to order a couple hundred feet of wire to re-run the running lights and then we'll be good to insulate it and put up the walls. Once they are up I can put a heater inside and have a cozy warm place to prep and paint the inside, build the bed frame and add new flooring.
We also bought a new jack and jack stands to lift the camper with plans to paint POR15 on the undercarridge to prevent rust and protect the areas already rusted. We also have to do the brakes and new tires while its up.
So stuff IS happening, just not within the camper yet.
Lastly, I often come across blogs on Pinterest that pertain to camping that I'd like to share. Tonight's link is to one about things you need to know when camping/traveling long term in/with a camper. The author has an RV but the points she makes are universal.
http://www.doityourselfrv.com/10-things-wish-knew-full-time-rving-across-country/
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