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

Wild and Rugged, 6 of America’s Least Crowded National Parks

“I grow very fond of this place, and it certainly has a desolate, grim beauty of its own, that has a curious fascination for me.” — Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the American National Parks System (originally written about North Dakota) Canyonlands National Park, Utah Tired of National Park traffic jams? Try these parks… ï»...

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Exploring the Lava Beds of Northern California

“Volcano: a mountain with hiccups” A less explored part of Northern California Ask most people where you would find volcanoes and they would probably think of Hawaii or maybe even Washington. What surprises many people is that a large amount of recent volcanic activity has actually happened in Northern California. In fact, Northern Cali...

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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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Exploring San Francisco Part 2: Hiking Trails in the City

It might surprise you to know that a city with a population density of 17,383 people per square mile has an abundance of hiking trails. As a matter of fact, a significant amount of San Francisco’s city space is set out as park land. In fact, the National Park Service operates “Golden Gate National Recreation...

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