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Boyce Thompson Arboretum

November 27, 2024 /

After all these years of living in Arizona I’ve never been to Boyce Thompson Arboretum!  I kept seeing photos from the influencers on Instagram of the gorgeous fall colors!  I was planning on going on Thanksgiving Day, but then saw a post of Facebook saying that the Thanksgiving weekend was the absolute PEAK of color!  I didn’t want to fight the crowds that were off work for the holiday weekend, so decided to just pick up a go yesterday morning!  (Didn’t even see it on Facebook until 9:30 a.m.).  We got there about noon and it was a totally overcast day, so perfect for photos!

And there were Coatis!!  Little “Groots”!!  I was watching them and taking photos when all of a sudden about 5 of them all started coming after Luna!  The Ranger (who I didn’t even know was around) was shouting to “pick up your dog”!  Yikes!  I guess I kinbd of used her as a bait dog after I picked her up as I kept taking photos and videos with her in my arms!!  Sorry, Luna!!  

“The mission of Boyce Thompson Arboretum is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of desert plants, wildlife, and ecosystems through education,                            research and conservation.”