Plein-air artist Keary Kautzer paints the vivid greens of Quail Hill brought on by recent rain. “I was just driving by and had to stop and paint it,” Kautzer, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, said. Quail Hill, off Shady Canyon Drive, has been ranked Orange County’s best hiking spot.
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