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Wild Ideas Worth Living

Living on the Road Full-Time for 17 Years with Marlene & Dan Lin

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Marlene and Dan Lin have been living on the road full-time for the past 17 years. Alongside their three children and two cats, they’ve 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—nearly two decades of life in a camper van.

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0:00.0

We found both of ourselves working from home. And since we were both at home, like, home doesn't need to be a house. Home can be anywhere. Let's make the road our home in our trailer for a little bit and see how it works out.

0:19.6

For the past 17 years, Marlene and Dan Lynn have been living on the road full time.

0:25.6

The two of them, their three children, and two cats have driven across the U.S. multiple times,

0:32.6

traveled through more than 30 countries in Europe, and even road trip from California to Patagonia on the

0:39.2

Pan American Highway. When the family set out on their first road trip, they never expected

0:44.8

that they'd still be living out of a camper nearly 20 years later. What started as a simple

0:50.5

experiment has become a lifestyle that they wouldn't trade for anything.

0:55.4

I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI Co-Op Studios production

1:01.7

brought to you by Capital One and the REI Co-Op Mastercard.

1:09.1

Dan and Marlene Lynn, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living. I love talking to wild families. I mean,

1:15.1

the whole family is wild. And a couple cats. A couple wild cats. Those are probably the wildest

1:20.4

of the family. For those who are unaware of the two of you and the wild way you've decided to live

1:26.9

your life, will you guys just

1:28.3

introduce yourselves, please? Hi, I'm Marlene. And I'm Dan, and we are known on social media as

1:37.1

Molly Mish. We've been traveling full-time on the row since 2008. We first started out with just our oldest. And now we have three kids

1:49.5

and we've adopted two cats since we've been on the road. And actually, our oldest who was

1:56.8

less than one when we started is now 18 and she is on her way to college.

2:02.6

So I want to hear the love story. How did you to meet?

2:06.6

Well, you know, I saw her freshman year in the dorms.

2:11.6

She was wearing a knee brace from an unfortunate dancing accident down in Mexico during spring break.

2:21.3

Dancing accident in Mexico. That sounds like a wild story of a different kind.

2:26.6

Yeah, yeah. We were going to Mexico for different reasons back then.

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