One of the key aspects of the new Harry and Grace Steele Elephant Odyssey was a variety custom-designed and created, life-sized sculptures of extinct species that lived in Southern California during the Pleistocene. The statues were created in the Midwest and needed to be transported to San Diego. As a preview of upcoming attractions before the exhibit opened, the statues went on the road—literally, trucked on an open flat-bed and making various media stops along the way, along with Elephant Odyssey Ambassador Rick Schwartz. You can imagine the looks from other drivers on the freeway!