The family, originally from the Santa Barbara area of California, has been on the road for the last eight years, most recently visiting Labrador.  Dan and Marlene Lin have three children: Ava, 9, Mila, 7, and Luka, 4.  The family travelled their way through Newfoundland and Labrador this summer, passing through Happy Valley-Goose Bay.  The Lins admit they were dreading the notorious Labrador black flies they'd heard about, but they lucked out given the cooler temperatures this month.  Although the family did see a black bear on their way up to Cartwright, they said were hoping to see more moose along the way.  "This is a really cool adventure for us to come out through Labrador," Dan Lin said.  The couple started travelling when Ava, their oldest child, was just a year old.  "We think it's pretty awesome that we get to spend so much time together as a family discovering new things," Marlene Lin told CBC's Labrador Morning.  Three children, two adults and their cat Yoda have been travelling for the last eight years in their camper all over North America. Here, they are in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. (John Gaudi/CBC)  Since first hitting the pavement, the couple has sold their home and the family is now living full-time on the road in a camper that fits into the back of a pickup truck.  The couple sold their home and bought a 25-foot, 200 square foot Airstream trailer instead. Then, 10 months ago, they downsized again — to a truck camper.  That lack of space means the family has to work on their problems quickly, said Marlene Lin, since there's no room to "huff and puff, slam doors and hide."  The camper was designed for two people, but the Lins explained there's an upper bunk for the three kids to sleep.  There's a bed in the lower level of the camper where Dan and Marlene sleep, which also turns into a dinette so the family can eat meals together. They even have a cat, named Yoda, who lives with them in the compact camper.  Dan and Marlene Lin and their three children, Ava, 9, Mila, 7, and Luka, 4. (John Gaudi/CBC)  Dan Lin describes their space as "five people and a cat's-worth of stuff," including duffel bags full of clothes, computers, a guitar they bought in Mexico, chairs and ladders, all of which gets shuffled around when the family stops to set up.  While most families may settle down in a home when they start having children, the Dan Lin said that's when they decided to hit the road.  "We realized that we wanted to spend all of our time with them, and wanted to take them to go see things," he said.  "After while, we were both in jobs that enabled us to work from home, and at some point, we were just like, let's just make our home anywhere so we can have our kids with us."  The Lins believe home-schooling is a much better way of teaching their children than a classroom. (John Gaudi/CBC)  Dan Lin, who works as a web developer, said life on the road is all their kids have ever known so it's normal to them. They still get an education, since Marlene Lin, who used to work for a pharmaceutical company remotely, focuses on their studies.  The family considered putting an end to their travels when their oldest, Ava, was ready to attend kindergarten, but instead opted for a home-schooling program offered through a charter school.  Workbooks and iPad apps come out on driving days, but Marlene Lin said visiting as many national parks as possible balances out their science and history lessons through hands-on learning.  Recently, the family visited the L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic site where Ava, Mila and Luka got to experience the blacksmith shop at the Viking settlement.  "I think it helps embed the information and stick with them a lot better than if we were just reading it in a book," Marlene Lin said.  The couple believes home schooling is a much better way of teaching their children than going to a classroom.  "As good as teachers are, they're usually in a classroom full of a bunch of kids," Dan Lin said.  "They can only give undivided attention to each student so many minutes in an hour. If it's a classroom of 20 kids, at the most, they can get per kid in an hour is three minutes."
The Lins sold their house in California, buckled in their kids, and have been taking the vacation of a lifetime.