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

Winter Ascent of Mt Baldy via Maker Creek Route

“Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities, the dust under the couch, the inescapable prison of your genes — all of it is temporarily forgotten, crowded from your thoughts by an overpowering clarity of purpose by the seriousness of t...

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Hiking the Slot Canyon of Anza Borrego State Park

“100ft deep and 3 feet wide”  Entering Slot Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park Slot Canyons are a particular type of desert phenomenon that occur in the Southwestern United States and only a few other places on earth. These types of canyons are very different from “Grand Canyon” type canyons. They form in “softe...

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Anza Borrego Desert State Park, Calfornia

“I’d had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.” ~Terri Windling, artist  Red wave over Anza Borrego State Park Anza Borrego Desert State Park is yet another massive preserve of the wild Sonoran...

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Cape Alava, Washington, America’s Last Sunset

“Westernmost spot in contiguous America” Last sunset in America, Cape Alava Washington It only makes sense that after posting about America’s first sunset that I should inform you about its last! Cape Alava is the westernmost spot of mainland in the contiguous United States. The sunset here is gorgeous as it sets upon the Olympic....

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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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