College road trip with John Green and Kathy, circa 1998

Digging through old tapes, I found this -- footage from a road trip I took with John Green and our friend Kathy way back in 1998, during Spring Break from Kenyon College. We drove from Ohio to the Grand Canyon and back in John's old Volvo, and whenever John would run out of batteries on his camera -- he was constantly filming and narrating -- he would grab mine. His footage is lost to the ages; this is all that's left. But it's pretty damn precious nevetheless.

Don't you wish you'd come? For the love of God! LOOK at that! Classic.

Oh, and for the record this was shot on Hi-8, not VHS. Which is why it looks slightly-less-than-eye-gougingly-awful, but still not great.

FYI, Nerdfighters:
- Kathy is not the Yeti.
- No one was smoking anything weird.
- He's not talking to Hank, or anyone in particular, who didn't come on the trip.
- You should watch my other, non-john-green-related videos! I am more than just a john green time machine! *sobs quietly in corner*

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[cjk8]

For the love of God.

[idkwtflol13]

Just came back to this video from recent vlogbrothers video just so I can see him say "You taking pictures of me dude?" XD

[sabbathmcfreely]

@mariahrose210 Alas, I was but two and a half.

[vadetatimus]

Btw Mr. Riggs, i just ordered Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

[vadetatimus]

1:49 johns first jump cut

[bethanyblueberry]

Man, John sounds so different...

[CMiller1334]

College John Green gives me hope haha. I still have time.

[mariahrose210]

I wish I could have gone, but I don't think a group of 20 year olds would have wanted to drag a 7 year old along on their road trip.

[Ibadalu]

I hear Cat Power in the background.  I approve.

[awesomeDJisme]

Nice outfit wow

[lessthanzen]

Yeah... talk about creepy nostalgia. I used to drive past Ozark Village all the time.

[TheGooGooDollsFan]

Omg John you were STILL bad at dates back then! And why would Kathy be the Yeti (which is what it says in the description)? I think Mr. Riggs means that Kathy isn't the Katherine, because the Yeti's name is Sarah.