{"id":3583,"date":"2024-11-27T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2024-11-28T19:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T02:12:18","slug":"boyce-thompson-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/?p=3583","title":{"rendered":"Boyce Thompson Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3583\" class=\"elementor elementor-3583\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6706ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6706ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8874149\" data-id=\"8874149\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-131a882 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"131a882\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70886dc\" data-id=\"70886dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0d06c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f0d06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After all these years of living in Arizona I&#8217;ve never been to Boyce Thompson Arboretum!\u00a0 I kept seeing photos from the influencers on Instagram of the gorgeous fall colors!\u00a0 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!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t want to fight the crowds that were off work for the holiday weekend, so decided to just pick up a go yesterday morning!\u00a0 (Didn&#8217;t even see it on Facebook until 9:30 a.m.).\u00a0 We got there about noon and it was a totally overcast day, so perfect for photos!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b8032c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3584-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca908ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca908ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-885055f\" data-id=\"885055f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d5b78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74d5b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1789-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3606\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1789-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_1789.jpeg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fed8e36\" data-id=\"fed8e36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686b72f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"686b72f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3564-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3564-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3564.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90464dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90464dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47c472d\" data-id=\"47c472d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81339b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81339b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And there were Coatis!!\u00a0 Little &#8220;Groots&#8221;!!\u00a0 I was watching them and taking photos when all of a sudden about 5 of them all started coming after Luna!\u00a0 The Ranger (who I didn&#8217;t even know was around) was shouting to &#8220;pick up your dog&#8221;!\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 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!!\u00a0 Sorry, Luna!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b864ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b864ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03cb497\" data-id=\"03cb497\" 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src=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3578.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3601\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3578.jpg 431w, https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3578-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d6d486 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d6d486\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8f5794\" 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stewardship of desert plants, wildlife, and ecosystems through education,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 research and conservation.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-195b598\" data-id=\"195b598\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff29c2 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"2ff29c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a47f04b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a47f04b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a6c7a0\" data-id=\"9a6c7a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f99595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f99595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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