For weeks before, we'd been yapping about taking a trip. Amy's spring break was coming up, but Andy never was one for taking vacations.


Finally, we just decided "What the hell, let's go to Graceland."


So we borrowed Andy's Mom's Honda minivan, and embarked on the road trip that was....


So American It Hurts

Andy and Amy's trip to the South

Mar 22 - 26, 1997

What started out as a simple little trip to Memphis to visit Graceland and Sun Studio turned into a 2700-mile, 9-state romp across the south. Along the way, we encountered truck stops, cool book stores, Waffle House, sassy waitresses, cheesy souveniers, hip record stores, Civil War battlefields, prisoners in chains, and the best barbecue on the planet. Join us, won't you, on a visual journey through those happy memories?

Our first stop: Andy & Amy's place in Palatine, IL


Actual conversation:
Amy: We're putting the story of our trip up on Andy's web page.
Amy's mom: Who can see it?
Amy: Anybody who visits his web page.
Amy's mom: Is that... strange?