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

Hiking Traveler Mountain: Baxter State Park’s Best

Baxter State Park is, without a doubt, the crown jewel of Maine’s protected lands. It is larger than many national parks and vast as any. Baxter SP is also fiercely preserved in its original state with the strictest protections against any and all development save for dirt roads and primitive campsites. I spent 4 days...

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Hiking Mt Pisgah on Lake Willoughby, Vermont

The scene of Lake Willoughby and Mt Pisgah are reminiscent of a sight from Norway. This glacial lake looks like a fjord and is surely one of the most picturesque lakes in New England. Famous view from the South Shore of Lake Willoughby, Vermont Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom has captivated me for a long time now...

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East Mountain, Vermont and Abandoned Cold War Military Base

If this place isn’t haunted, nothing is Just a raw, unedited picture of the Cold War Military Base on East Mountain I’ve been some bizarre places tramping around the wilds of New England but this one has to take the cake. East Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont has become a famous place for mountain biking...

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Hiking Great Falls, New Brunswick

Great Falls, New Brunswick is an impressive waterfall on the St John River which carves out a large gorge in the center of the city. The falls and gorge are often featured in photography of New Brunswick Grand Falls, New Brunswick Before traveling all the way back to Portland, Maine, there was one other thing...

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Hiking Rocher-Percé and Mont Sainte-Anne, Québec, Canada

My last adventure on the Gaspé Peninsula of Québec would be the picturesque Rocher-Percé in Parc National de l’Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé. Although I was not able to make it to the rock itself, I hiked Mt Sainte-Anne which had excellent views of both Bonaventure Island and Rocher-Percé Parc National de l̵...

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