{"id":200768,"date":"2025-09-02T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=200768"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:37:09","slug":"living-on-the-road-full-time-for-17-years-with-marlene-dan-lin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/living-on-the-road-full-time-for-17-years-with-marlene-dan-lin","title":{"rendered":"Living on the Road Full-Time for 17 Years with Marlene &amp; Dan Lin"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/3d739713-4641-4ac4-ac83-f64dec491b17?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/living-on-the-road-full-time-for-17-years-with-marlene-dan-lin\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marlene and Dan Lin&nbsp;have been living on the road full-time for the past 17 years. Alongside their three children and two cats, they\u2019ve driven across the U.S. multiple times, explored over 30 countries in Europe, and road-tripped from California to Patagonia via the Pan-American Highway. What began as a short-term adventure turned into a lifestyle they never anticipated\u2014nearly two decades of life in a camper van.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-3.21.24-PM.png?resize=944%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200771\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Marlene &amp; Dan:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mali.mish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Malimish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@malimish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Substack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/benchmade\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benchmade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Marlene and Dan Lin&nbsp;have been living on the road full-time for the past 17 years. 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