Recently, we wrote about the #vanlife nomads that were giving us serious life goals by traveling the country in decked-out vans. I’m not going to lie, I almost closed my laptop, sold all my possessions and bought a van at least 5 times while writing that piece, despite the fact that I don’t have a driver’s license!
However, it somehow escaped my attention that there’s another couple doing the van life thing and doing it very damn well. US couple Sheena and Jason have renovated a shiny, silver Airstream, Mavis, and travel around the country with their super cute pup, Riley.
This is the awesome foursome in all their adorable glory:
Yep, we would almost hate them with jealousy if we didn’t love stalking their feed so much! The couple have decked out the van in Insta-worthy, boho style — to the point where it’s literally nicer than most apartments.
Traveling around the States in Mavis since May 2016. As well as their Instagram (which, unsurprisingly, has attracted a following of more than 30K people), they share their vanlife experiences on their website, Mavis The Airstream. On the website, they explain what prompted such a big lifestyle change.
We spent the first six years of our marriage living a very routine life in suburbia. The usual go to work, come home, go to bed, repeat kind of life. One day, it hit us that our biggest memories from our first few years of marriage were our epic vacations and rambling road trips through the west.
We dreamed up this wild, romantic idea that we would live and work from an Airstream and travel the country. And so that’s what we did. We spent seven months completely remodeling a 1975 Airstream from the ground up. Then the three of us set sail for the North Carolina coast where we lived for the winter. Our days were suddenly full of new places to explore, sandy beaches, beautiful sunsets and time.
Our days belong to us. We decide what we do, where we go and where we sleep at night. As unsettling as all of that would have sounded to us ten years ago, it’s become the most freeing thing we’ve ever done.
It all sounds incredibly romantic, right? So far, Sheena and Jason’s travels have taken them to some incredible places — from the impossibly green forests of Colorado to the sandy beaches of North Carolina.
You may be wondering how on earth the couple manage to make a living while on the road all the time. Well, Sheena is a graphic designer, photographer and co-owner of an e-commerce business while Jason has a full-time telecommute job as project manager. Ready to follow suit? Check out this article on the 7 best jobs you can do from anywhere in the world.
You can follow Sheena and Jason on Instagram here and check out the blog here.
