PRO Aquarium Tour - April 17, 2008

Here is a short visual encapsulation of the experience that the Public Relations Organization students and faculty had that day....those four women on the left smiling, aren't they? Yes. Stacy , Cristina, Beth Anne, and Leslie were enjoying themselves, if that photo is any indication. In the second photo, our PR Specialist and special tour guide Ashley Payne (far left) was treating us to an outdoor experience as we toured the Aquarium, and we were lucky enough to catch the sea lions during feeding time. They are very smart creatures. In the third photo, that is me, Dr. Hedrick, captured while viewing one of the attractions...perhaps the jelly fish, the sea otters, or the whale shark exhibit.

The students told me that the fourth photo was taken on the van ride home...at a moment in time when some of the students were convinced we would get into an accident. NO, all the urban myths about how terrible the drivers are in the big city are over-exagerrated...you can tell I am from one. And YES, we did get lost for a little while there (I hate to admit it, because I was driving...I knew we should have just returned back the same route we came in on). We didn't have any GPS device, yet we still managed to return to Jacksonville in one piece...and the van actually got close to 20 miles per gallon...which was really a pleasant surprise!