Step inside “Bambi,” and you’ll see 
where the glam comes from in “glamping.” This “bubbly bubble” is the Airstream trailer baby of travel mama, Jaci Cederberg. Filled with plush throw pillows, twinkling string lights, and colorful strands of pom-poms, Bambi travels with Jaci full-time. Bambi has given the self-appointed “Miss Airstream,” lover of bright, sparkly adventures, the ability to live her dream life.
For much of her adult life, Jaci heard a soft voice inside herself encouraging her to live in a different way. Before becoming a full-time traveler, Jaci’s life was comfortable and predictable – she made a good living as a nurse, lived in a townhome with great roommates, and surrounded herself with a host of friends. She was living life, but, deep down, it felt to Jaci like a life she was “supposed” to live.
And that voice inside was whispering something different. It was pressing her to let go of life’s “supposed to’s,” and embark on her own journey of curious and wondrous exploration.
“I ignored the whisper for most of my life, which a lot of us do,” says Jaci. “We become who we think we're supposed to become.”
Until we decide to make a change. 
That’s exactly what Jaci did. All it took was a moment of deep inspiration. One day while she was browsing Pinterest. Jaci saw a photograph of an Airstream parked on a beach. An American flag chair, surfboard, and some sparkling lights were arrayed outsider the trailer. She immediately connected to the picture.
“I'm totally patriotic. I love my twinkly lights. I love a shiny little trailer. I love the beach. And I knew when I saw the picture, that was me… there was nothing more me than that picture.”
Over the next year, Jaci became a regular at an Airstream dealership. She’d stop by with a cup of coffee, sit down in a model, and imagine.
Then it happened. Jaci decided to take the leap. Faced with a decision to renew the lease at her townhouse or do something different, she chose to listen to her inner voice. She said “no” to the lease, sold most of her belongings, and began her journey. She became Miss Airstream.
“I had to downsize a lot, but part‑timing [in an RV] wasn't going to do it for me. I needed full-time. I wanted to wander, and I wanted to wander around all 48 states, because I'm so curious about the United States, and I love America…. I have less, but in a way, I feel like I have more.”
On the road, things haven’t always been easy. When she started, Jaci noticed: "I'm single. I've never towed anything, and I can't even parallel park my car." But she learned. And she continues to learn.
These days, Jaci has come to know that the voice was from her authentic self. As a full-time traveler who works as a traveling nurse, Jaci’s journeys have taken her all over the country, but most importantly, they’ve taken her to herself. She embraces who she is. She knows what she loves. She lives wholeheartedly.
“This is really freeing, to be my authentic self. That's why I love Airstream so much – because I saw such a change in myself… it's not just RV‑ing around the United States. This is my heart, and my soul, and my spirit becoming who I always wanted to be. That's why it's so special to me.”
Jaci is like all of us – she has her moments of doubt. But Bambi is there to keep her grounded and cheer her on. When talking about Bambi, Jaci says, “She's this really wonderful character, a voice inside me that says I can do this.” If criticism seeps in, and Jaci hears messages like, "You can't do it. You're single. You're a girl," or, “Just be normal," Bambi is there. Her voice is strong, and gives Jaci a “very supportive, caring, kind, ‘you can do it’” message. 
For Jaci, her freedom-loving Airstream adventures have given her the most enriching time of her life so far. She draws an analogy to a rushing river – sometimes in life we’re “swimming upstream and we feel like we're drowning, and catching water in our mouth, and it does not feel good. I'm on a floaty, eating a Popsicle in a floppy hat, and enjoying the ride. I'm going where it takes me. Who knows where it takes me? I like that part, too, because I feel like it's taking me somewhere good.”
