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Jen Freymond
3 min readJan 22, 2020

10 of the best things about my definitely excellent decision to live in an RV for a year with my family

1 ) I now understand the “Shitter’s full!” joke from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation from a whole new perspective! Unfortunately, that perspective is Randy Quaid’s.

2) The small space we all inhabit really makes me appreciate this special and unique time we’re sharing together. Not only are we in a close space, like a very, very close space, but we all get to be together, all the time.

I also hate my family now.

3) We get to learn about the people of the U.S.! For example, I didn’t know anything about RV culture, but it turns out that A LOT of people in RV parks fly excessively large American flags, and many of them also fly flags that say things like “don’t tread on me,” or have “blue lives matter” stickers on their trucks. I find it inspiring to see them expressing their beliefs openly. They have inspired me to express my beliefs openly too. Mostly with the use of my middle finger, a box of matches, and my bare ass.

4) By embarking on this adventure, we have forced ourselves to live with very few possessions. It is funny though how there’s still just, everyone’s shoes. Everywhere. All the time.

5) Most RV parks have free wi-fi! We haven’t yet experienced RV park wi-fi that works of course, because it never works. Not ever. But what a nice gesture!

Jen Freymond
Jen Freymond

Written by Jen Freymond

Co-host of the podcast “I Never Saw That.” Humor writer and satirist. Find my work in McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, Little Old Lady, etc... Twitter: @jenfreymond

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