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We met Austin and his family back in 2012 shortly after they resettled in Austin, Texas, his namesake city, after years of living nomadically on the road. His parents, Greg and Jen, were the first couple we met who chose to raise their kids from the road. Back when we […]

In this second part of our interview with Aimee & Chase of @TightLoopsFly, we talk about their travel, their passion for fishing, birdwatching and their filmmaking and photography careers and how they all mesh together. Watch This Video Podcast On YouTube If you enjoy our podcast, please give us a […]

In this episode, we chatted with our friends Aimee and Chase from @TightLoopsFly. We had such an amazing conversation that we went on for over 3 hours. To keep it to a reasonable episode, we are splitting it up into 2 parts. In this one, we talk about how they […]

In this episode, we chatted with our friends Karissa and Linhbergh from @GonDirtin. We talked about their creative journey from a young age to their professional careers as high-end automotive photographers. We also get into our mutual love for food culture and overland travel. Watch This Video Podcast On YouTube […]

We have made it to the bottom of Central America as we await our van to be shipped across the Darien Gap into Colombia. As we wait here, we wanted to tell you about our experiences crossing all of the borders from Mexico down here to Panama. Each country’s border […]

We invited Alexandria to join us on the podcast and were very excited to talk to her in this episode. As a young solo, female, full-time van life traveler, she shared with us her story of how she got started, her life on the road, and what she sees her […]

We go through every aspect of living on the road with cats in this episode. Having lived with 3 different cats of all ages in 14 of the last 16 years on the road, there is a lot we have gathered about living with them on the road. Products mentioned […]

In this episode, we talked to MAK and Owen of Bound For Nowhere. Photographers and filmmakers living on the road in their Four Wheel Camper. We talked about how they became nomadic, the ups and downs of being on the road and where the future holds. Hope you like it. […]

We have spent a lot of time traveling across Baja over many decades. With so many people wondering about what it is like there, we decided to make this episode to tell you guys everything we know so you can be prepared for your next trip south. If you enjoy […]

Exactly 2 years and 1 day ago we uploaded our previous podcast episode. And I am happy to announce that we are back! We have been very busy in these 2 years since but we are so thrilled to be here again. This episode will be about something that we […]

Some of the most common questions we get asked are about bathrooms. How we take showers, what kind of toilets we use and how we wash our clothes. So in this episode we talk about exactly that. We also go over how we have done with our Freely Roaming YouTube […]

In this episode of our podcast we interviewed Peter, Kathy and Abby Holcombe of Famagogo. We talked to them about how they transitioned to living on the road as a family of 3, how they make a living, how they became ambassadors for Winnebago and their plans for the near […]

In episode 16 of The Freely Roaming Podcast with Mali Mish, we got to interview our friend Andrew Knapp of the ‘Find Momo’ book series. We got to catch up on the last couple years since we met up with him on the road and what his future plans are. […]

In this episode we are trying a new format and introducing video with this podcast. The feed will still only be audio but the video version will be uploaded on YouTube embedded below. Hope you like it! Episode Guide: 0:00:00 Introduction of our traveling background 0:11:00 Traveling in Europe and […]

It has been a year since our last episode where we talked about our 1 year in Europe. We are now at the end of year 2 and excited for much more. A year ago we started the Freely Roaming project where we share tips and tricks of this life […]

Yesterday was exactly 1 year after we go our van off of the ship in Belgium as we began driving around Europe. In this episode, a pretty long one at almost 2 hours, we go into a lot of details of our experience over this year. If you enjoy our […]

After leaving Albania, we crossed into Greece as a path to Turkey. We crossed the northern Greece and entered into Turkey with US Passports. There were some moments where we felt a little uneasy but it all worked out. If you enjoy our podcast, please give us a 5-star review […]

In this episode we detail our 3 weeks traveling through Albania during winter of 2019. We drove in from Montenegro near the city of Shkoder and exited into Greece near Saranda. We spent most of our time in Durres (7 nights), Tirana (7 nights), Berat (4 nights) and Saranda (3 […]

In this episode we talk in detail about how to travel by camper van in a foreign country. We also recorded this episode during a YouTube Livestream. It was a little trickier especially since we did it on our cell connection but it turned out OK. Hope you enjoy this […]

After nearly 4 months in Croatia. We finally made it into Montenegro. It is a new country for us and really took us by surprise. We share with you all that we experienced in this podcast but we will definitely be back to do some more exploring next time we […]

We talk about all of the exciting things we did in the year 2018. Thanks to all of you for supporting us this year and all of the years before. Hope everyone has a great New Years!

In this episode we talk about how we approach raising our kids and schooling them on the road. We go through all of the details including the various tools we use to help making it easier. Everyone’s approach is their own and we make everything work in our own way.

In this extra long episode, we go into a lot of detail about how we built our 4×4 Sprinter van. From finding it at a nearby dealership to choosing the materials and layout for the build and all the way to a comprehensive list of materials and prices. Interior view […]

In this episode, we originally planned to talk about the process of building out our van. But we started with why we switched to a van in the first place and it took about an hour to discuss the whole topic. We will save that for the next episode. Enjoy.

In episode 4, we talk about what we’ve been doing in these first two and a half months in Europe. Specifically we talk about life in Croatia. We go over why we are here, the good and bad about living in Croatia for these last 2 months. We also talk […]

In this episode, we talk about the process to take your own camper van from the United States to Europe. Our friends Jason and Angela from Bodeswell.com joins us to share their experience of shipping their van here as well. Jason has also blogged about their experience on Bodeswell.com titled […]

In this bonus episode, we talk in detail about losing our cat Yoda on the second day we got here in Europe. It was a rough day but we wanted to document it for our memories.

In this episode we talk about leaving Washington, DC and what it took for us to travel to Belgium where we wait for our van to arrive. Recording our first episode in Virginia just before our flight with Yoda in Marlene’s lap. Our van on the freighter taken by one […]

Finally our first podcast episode is live! In this episode, we talk about our plans for this platform. Please feel free to let us know what you would like to hear!