I’M QUINCY KOETZ

An outdoorsman and Nurse Practitioner living in Northern California. When I first started this blog, I was an EMT living in Southern California and this blog has followed...

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 By Quincy Koetz

Top 10 Caves in American National Parks (Western): Part 1

Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada In an effort to beat this current heat wave, it might be a good idea to take up some caving this summer! Caves almost always at a constant, cool temperature throughout the year- even in the summer! But beyond cooling off, caves are one of the most protected...

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Black Butte Mountain, Oregon: They Named a Beer After it!

“It has a beer named after it. It HAS to be good” The almost perfectly conical Black Butte, Oregon In all my travels across the country, I’ve tasted many a beer. I’m convinced that the  greatest beers are in the Northwestern and Northeastern parts of the country. Specifically, Northern California, Oregon, Washington as well...

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Crater Lake National Park in the Winter

This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life. ~Tom McCall, Oregon Wizard Island on the spectacularly clear Crater Lake Everyone has heard about Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. It one of the only other National Parks that everyone has heard about. However, unlike the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone, Crater Lake is a...

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