{"id":3505,"date":"2024-04-19T01:38:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T01:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/?p=3505"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:53:42","slug":"jacksonville-florida-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/jacksonville-florida-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 FloridaJacksonville Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c29b12cdd58a8428e1d9d6895e078ed3\" style=\"color:#0000ff\"><strong>Arboretums and botanical gardens are a stable BNEA activity. This one was a good example of the things we find along the way. Nice plants of course but also Kudzu and Snapping Turtles made this one stand out. Usually we see turtles in protected habitats however here they were roaming around unsupervised. Bruce tried to help  one little guy off the path into the water only to come close to losing a finger when the turtle was less than pleased. Bruce was intrigued by the Kudzu which is prevalent all over the south. <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-468c973d6664a958d99f3f4c8a238c1a\" style=\"color:#0000ff\"><strong>We first encountered kudzu on our first <a href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/index.php\/1998\/07\/03\/1998-knoxville-tn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Knoxville Adventure in 1998<\/em><\/a> visiting Bob Luedeka. That was one of the top Adventures featuring such amazing stories like when we wandered into a nuclear power plant asking to take a tour. Also, it was the debut of Bruce the Angler, a &#8220;One Off&#8221; moment. Kill a few more minutes and <a href=\"https:\/\/bruceedelson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Take Another Look.<\/em><\/a> <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f5d5aaec3861f4b76f738b37f287129e\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/index.php\/1998\/07\/03\/1998-knoxville-tn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1998 Knoxville Adventure<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f655a054d213d14c058757880248a454\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bruceedelson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take Another Look<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<style id=\"bwg-style-0\">      #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg_masonry_thumb_0 {        text-align: center;        display: inline-block;        vertical-align: middle;      \t          width: 100% !important;;    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class=\"bwg_loading_div_1\">      <div class=\"bwg_loading_div_2\">        <div class=\"bwg_loading_div_3\">          <div id=\"loading_div_0\" class=\"bwg_spider_ajax_loading\">          <\/div>        <\/div>      <\/div>    <\/div>            <form id=\"gal_front_form_0\"              class=\"bwg-hidden\"              method=\"post\"              action=\"#\"              data-current=\"0\"              data-shortcode-id=\"208\"              data-gallery-type=\"thumbnails_masonry\"              data-gallery-id=\"34\"              data-tag=\"106\"              data-album-id=\"0\"              data-theme-id=\"1\"              data-ajax-url=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=bwg_frontend_data\">          <div id=\"bwg_container3_0\" class=\"bwg-background bwg-background-0\">                <div id=\"bwg_thumbnails_masonry_0\"         data-bwg=\"0\"         data-masonry-type=\"vertical\"         data-resizable-thumbnails=\"1\"         data-max-count=\"2\"         data-thumbnail-width=\"500\"         data-thumbnail-height=\"500\"         data-thumbnail-padding=\"4\"         data-thumbnail-border=\"0\"         data-gallery-id=\"34\"         data-lightbox-url=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=GalleryBox&#038;current_view=0&#038;gallery_id=34&#038;tag=106&#038;theme_id=1&#038;shortcode_id=208&#038;sort_by=filename&#038;order_by=asc&#038;current_url=%2Findex.php%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F3505\"         class=\"bwg-container-0 bwg_masonry_thumbnails_0 bwg-masonry-thumbnails bwg-masonry-vertical bwg-container bwg-border-box\">              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3618\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_01.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3618\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_01.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 01\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 01\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>Good signage gives you a description of what you see. <\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3619\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_02.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3619\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_02.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 02\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 02\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>More good signage.<\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3617\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_03.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3617\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_03.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 03\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 03\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>Still more good signage.<\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3616\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_04.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3616\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_04.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 04\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 04\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>This is the irritated turtle. <\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3620\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_08.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3620\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_08.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 08\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 08\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>Bruce is having a Dr. Doolittle moment with a turtle. He almost lost a finger when the little guy tried to bite him. <\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3614\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_11.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3614\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_11.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 11\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 11\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>Moss covered turtles swimming around unsupervised. <\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3615\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_12.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3615\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_12.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 12\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 12\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                  <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3613\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_14.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3613\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_14.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 14\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 14\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>Turtles covered in moss was also a first for me. Bruce had seen this before, just not here. <\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3612\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_18.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3612\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_18.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 18\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 18\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                      <div class=\"bwg-masonry-thumb-description bwg_masonry_thumb_description_0\">              <span>You get it. Keep your hands away lest you become lunch. <\/span>            <\/div>                    <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3611\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_19.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3611\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_19.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       data-height=\"1400\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   alt=\"24arboretum 19\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   title=\"24arboretum 19\" \/>                <div class=\"\">                  \t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>              <\/div>            <\/div>                      <\/a>                  <\/div>              <div class=\"bwg-item\">          <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"3606\" href=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/24arboretum_23.jpg?bwg=1713522130\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">            <div class=\"bwg-item0\">              <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">      \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg-masonry-thumb bwg_masonry_thumb_0  bwg_lazyload lazy_loader\"                       data-id=\"3606\"                       data-src=\"https:\/\/bneadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/2024_florida\/thumb\/24arboretum_23.jpg?bwg=1713522130\"                       data-width=\"1050\"                       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