#907 - Mike Baker

Joe Rogan (0:05)

Boom, Mike Baker, ladies and gentlemen.

Boom. How are you, sir? I'm doing good, thank you.

Mike Baker (0:10)

I'm doing well. You know, it seems like the year's going well so far.

Not much to report.

Joe Rogan (0:16)

Hey, is that sarcasm? Are you guys allowed to use that?

Mike Baker (0:18)

I know, I know. We're supposed to have that removed when we join.

But yeah, no, it's going good, going good, thank you. Family's great. Kids are doing very well. Business is going very well. I know everybody was most concerned about my family and my kids.

Joe Rogan (0:31)

Absolutely, that's how people start off a podcast. Well, we just wanna hear you're having a good time up there in God's country.

Mike Baker (0:36)

Yeah, Idaho.

Joe Rogan (0:37)

Beautiful place. We were just talking about how awesome it is up there.

Mike Baker (0:39)

Yeah, and we're getting a lot of snow. I mean, you guys are getting a ton of snow up in the North particular here in California, but we're getting just hammered with snow.

Joe Rogan (0:46)

Yeah, they go like five feet up in Big Bear.

Mike Baker (0:48)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:49)

Big Bear apparently just got covered in snow, which is awesome.

Mike Baker (0:52)

We had like 330 inches of snow up. We've got a place up in about two hours outside of Boise, up in the mountains where we go skiing and fishing, and not at the same time.

Joe Rogan (1:05)

Someone's probably done that. Well, you know, I do know that guys are cross-country skiing into hunting spots now.

Mike Baker (1:11)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:12)

That's a thing that guys are doing. There's actually these foldable skis, and you strap these things on, and they can stuff in your pack when you're done. And apparently it's way better than snowshoes. So when guys are trying to traverse, like really fresh snow, no path, thick stuff, they're doing cross-country skiing.

Mike Baker (1:28)

I mean, that's tough. That's tough work, but it's not as tough as snowshoeing. Snowshoeing is a grind for any distance.

But yeah, you know what? You do see, I mean, we were just skiing fresh tracks off the side, backside of one of the mountains that we ski is two weeks ago.

And the snow was falling. There was no wind. It was just beautiful. There was nobody. I think we saw two other skiers the whole time that we were out.

And it's just, and you stop constantly and just stare and look around and you think how beautiful this is. And then I do what everybody does. I take out my phone to take, cause I'm gonna capture the moment on my phone camera and somehow get the grandeur of this scene on my iPhone. And I always do the same thing. I go back to the, you know, I sit in the cabin and I look at it, I go, oh, that's a stupid photo. It just looks like white. Yeah, exactly.

Joe Rogan (2:18)

Is that you? That's the picture you took?

Mike Baker (2:20)

That's one of them, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

It's pretty goddamn beautiful still.

Pretty beautiful. I have some buddies that live up in Ketcham. They run First Light, my friend Ryan Callahan, shout out to Ryan Callahan. He runs First Light, it's a hunting clothing company, and they're up in Ketcham, and he's always just raving about it.

Mike Baker (2:37)

Yeah, Ketcham's great. That's where Sun Valley is. And it gets more crowded up there, you know, but it's, you know, it's a great town. It is a high end, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:47)

Fancy pants.

Mike Baker (2:48)

Yeah, I mean, if you look at Idaho, there's two blue spots in Idaho. One is Boise, the very Democrat, you know, heavy city. And the other is Ketcham in that particular county because of Sun Valley being there.

And so we get a lot of wealthy folks, but it's a beautiful town. It's a great community. It's a year round community.

But there's some other towns. There's a place up there in Idaho called McCall, which again, is a couple hours outside of Boise, up in the mountains. And it's a real town, right? I mean, there's nothing fancy about it, but it's a great place. Sits right on this beautiful lake, Payette Lake, and fishing's fantastic. And then the skiing is great during the winter. I sound like I'm on the Chamber of Commerce.

Joe Rogan (3:27)

Well, listen, man. We were saying right before, people from Idaho don't like to talk about how beautiful Idaho is, because they're trying to keep people out.

Mike Baker (3:33)