Hola Amigos! A couple days ago,  I got to be a part of a brilliant trip to Jabez, KY. Which is a sentence I once thought could only be a Catch 22.  For those of you that don’t know, Jabez is a small town in the middle of nowhere, with a population of trees larger than its actual human residents (NOTE: This figure is a loose estimation). It is a common site for many team/group retreats, which I think is mainly because of its terrible phone reception; but who knows, it could be its scenic country side or tranquil silence, if you’re into that.

Much like the many groups before me, I was a part of team retreat—the team being the UK Physiology Department, the retreat being the biannual departmental retreat. Normally, this would not be something blog worthy. However, being only a mere undergraduate, I would be the youngest participant—and definitely the least qualified and most excited. I have been on several retreats before, but this was my first academic/scientific one. I did not know what to expect, but I knew that I would learn more than a person of my level would normally get to learn. I was promised two days of intense lectures of the most up to date scientific research information, “group bonding”, and an update of some of the great work being done in the department. The trip spanned two days, and it all began…… 

Photo Credit:http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Jabez&state=KY