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

West Quoddy Head, Maine: America’s First Sunrise

“We prop up the sun every day” ~Maine expression I once heard Sunrise West Quoddy Head Maine Watching the sunrise is a unique experience for a variety of reasons. There’s a brilliant color display and crescendo of light that finally brings warmth. I’ve seen many a glorious sunrise on many different horizons but none com...

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Mountain Biking Orange County

Life is like riding a bicycle – in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.  ~Albert Einstein  A Mountain Biking Mecca! Orange County is for Mountain Bikers You know what’s the funniest thing about the sport of mountain biking? Its a dirty, bloody, grungy sport populated by climber bums and middle aged...

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Outdoor Adventures in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada

The night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to look at the moon.  There was a jeweled city on the horizon, spires rising in the night, but the jewels were diadems of electric and the spires were the neon of signs ten stories high.  ~Norman Mailer This past week I...

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