So, There I Am...
This is Travis Jay Vernon and Welcome! to the So There I Am... Podcast. I have been spending time in the outdoors since I could walk. I started out catching frogs and insects, and then hunting with everything from a BB gun and archery gear, to chasing big game with a rifle. I have been an avid fisherman everywhere I have lived and traveled. Cooking, foraging, fishing, and hunting have been a driving force for me. The only thing I am more passionate about than these things is sharing them with others and teaching those who want to learn. Along the way I have told, heard, and lived different stories.Stories told well allow a listener to live vicariously, reminisce of past experiences, or even dream of adventures to come. I will be sharing stories with you from my own experiences as a fly-fishing guide, retail manager, outdoor enthusiast, traveler, explorer and just everyday life. There will be stories from guests and stories from friends and others in different locales and varied walks of life. Every day is an opportunity for new adventures and expanding your own story. Let’s get to the stories!So, there I am…
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This past week one of the people I have admired in the YouTube realm decided to hang it up for a while perhaps forever. His departure was sad for me, but I understand why. Doing podcasts and YouTube videos is very time consuming and if you don’t have a LOT of followers and subscribers you pay for everything. I do this because I love it. I recently found out that if you add links to things like Amazon for products you use...
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46 Guiding a Late Season Muzzle Loader Elk Hunt – A Great Way to End My 2024 Season
What started out as a slow hunt turned out to be amazing in the end. We chased elk on a multiple of ranches. 2 guides and 2 hunters. The few elk we were able to find in their post rut recovery areas kept giving us the slip. After bouncing around and not getting a shot during the 5 day hunt my hunter opted to fly home and the other guide ha...
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45 Learning to Cope with Life and Death – Raising Chickens and Guiding for Money
Life and death are parts of life and not so much a beginning and an end to me. I have struggled a bit being a guide for big game. Taking money to help people kill has always caused reflection. There are right and wrong answers, and you may agree or disagree with what I do. When taking a life I feel sorrow. Sometimes I feel the sorrow more pro...
Our Scotland/Ireland Adventure!
Day 1: Flew to Edinburgh, rented a car and stayed at an Air BnB (hotel) near Falkirk, Scotland. It had a pub attached so we ate there. Nothing fancy.
Day 2: We drove to Inverness by way of Stonehaven so we could see the Dunnottar Castle. On our way to Alcaig, Scotland we stopped at Gannets https://www.gannetslaurencekirk.co.uk/ We highly recommend eating here. Amazing people and food!
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43 A Life of Art, Painting, Drawing, Woodworking, Decoys, Knife Making, Fly Tying, and More
Locations: Everywhere I have been and ongoing
1970’s to Present
From my youngest moments I have been an artist. My Grandpa Dean and Grandma Betty were both skilled oil painters. I began true art training with them. My love grew for charcoals and pencil art in high school, and I was blessed to be the visual art Sterling Scholar. This...
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42 Growing Up, Hyper Focused, ADHD and Adventures – I am lucky my mother and wife are Saints
Locations: Everywhere I have been and ongoing
1970’s to Present
As I grew up I would get hyper focused on things and about learning. I would put all of my attention into whatever task interested me and then after a while I would get burnt out on it. Then I would switch to my new hyper fixation. I always had crazy vivid dreams and a...
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41 The BWCA – Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Locations: Boundary Waters of Northern MN
This is one of those very special places to me. I love going on adventures and seeing new places. I lucked into my first trip to the BWCA but have been back and finally got to share this amazing place with Nancy. There is a lot to do and explore in the BWCA. I hope you will get out and experience it for yourself sometime. I hav...
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40 No Excuses, Just A Lot of New Adventures and Life Changes These Past 2 Years
Locations: These last 2 years in Evanston, Wyoming
2022-Present
It has been a crazy past 2 years. In helping my parents while they found some land in Wyoming to build on Nancy and I fell in love with the lot next door. We sold our home and greenhouse that Nancy had owned for many years, and we sold our home on the river in Utah. It has been a cr...
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39 What I Have Learned and Continue to Learn from Teachers, Employers, and Co-Workers
Locations: Everywhere I have been and ongoing
1970’s to Present
It is funny the different paths that simple decisions will take us down in this life. One of the best managers I have ever had was Marc Puhl. A Navy Chief Petty Officer, Store/District Manager and still a friend. He and many others in my life have had impacts in ways they pro...
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38 Video Games and Pranks with Jared
Locations: Utah, Ongoing
1980’s
Jared and I have always been fans of video games and it changed us a lot when Nintendo released the original Nintendo entertainment system. It developed and even greater amount of competitiveness in us both. That flowed over into pranks and always trying to one up the other. I hope that you can enjoy the adventure along with us.
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Rockhounding Adventures with Nancy
Locations: Wyoming and Utah
There are some amazing rocks and gems you can find in the outdoors. I grew up looking for fossils and rocks. Rockhounding has been a part of my life and I am lucky that my wife Nancy not only tolerates it but enjoys it with me. We have 2 rotary tumblers and a vibratory tumbler now and I am sure we will have more lapidary stuff to play with as we get older. I...
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Fall 2021 Big Game Guiding
Locations: Wyoming and Utah
I have always been fascinated by big game. Elk and mule deer are a magnificent animals and superb table fare. I love teaching others and enjoy guiding people who appreciate the wilderness and the beauty of nature. I struggle from time to time when I am guiding about the type of people that I am with. I have been doing it long enough that most of the people I fish an...
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Another Hobby: Brazilian Paper Hot Air Balloons (If you do this be careful!)
Locations: Utah and Wisconsin
I am weird about my hobbies; they have always been cyclical with me. I would do one and dive in feet first. I tend to buy all the stuff you need and then I get excited about the next one and dive in again. It has created a lifelong love of learning and exploring new things. In the mid 90’s (yup I am that old now), ...
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Looking for Treasure and Lost Spanish Gold with my Grandma Betty
Locations: Utah
Treasure hunting has been something I have pursued my entire life. The hunt for lost gold and mines from the Spanish that were in Utah has been intriguing to me and I enjoy any reason to get into the woods and mountains. This is mainly a teaser. While I do discuss some topics and talk about spending time looking for gold with my Grandma Bet...
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Hobbies and How I Got Started Carving Duck Decoys
Locations: Utah and Idaho
Hobbies have always been a money drain and a release for me. I have a lot of hobbies and a few of them I am passionate about. When I was in college, my friend Jason Randolph introduced me to duck hunting over decoys with dogs and I have been forever thankful. I love ducks, dogs, and decoys. I soon began a collection of decoys for my own decoy sp...
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Locations: Wyoming
The Ups and Downs of Archery Elk Hunting and Nancy’s Biggest Bull Part 2
Locations: Wyoming
Since becoming a Wyoming resident and marrying Nancy over 5 years ago, we have been pursuing elk. They are a magnificent animal and superb table fare. Nancy was skeptical when I went archery hunting for elk the first year and came home with a cow elk later that evening. She was shocked. She started shooting arch...
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The Ups and Downs of Archery Elk Hunting and Nancy’s Biggest Bull Part:1
Locations: Wyoming
Since becoming a Wyoming resident and marrying Nancy over 5 years ago, we have been pursuing elk. They are a magnificent animal and superb table fare. Nancy was skeptical when I went archery hunting for elk the first year and came home with a cow elk later that evening. She was shocked. She started shooting archery and soon was c...
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Road Trip to Oregon for Clamming, Crabbing, and Fishing
Locations: Utah, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming
WOW! Our world is crazy, but you do not have to be. Nancy and I decided after our trip to the UK was cancelled due to COVID-19, to travel to Oregon and go crabbing and clamming. We stayed at a crazy fun hotel in Crescent, Oregon called the Crescent Moon Motel. We got the glitter room, and the owner was super fun. We had a...
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Chatting with My Good Friend JJ (Jason Randolph) about Guiding and Life: Part 2
Locations: Utah, Nebraska, and Wyoming
I was fortunate to meet and guide with JJ starting in 1997 out of Park City, UT. We have been friends ever since. We have been able to share many days on the water and in the duck blind. There are so many stories we have this will be a 2-part podcast and in all reality, I will have to sit down with him ...
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Chatting with My Good Friend JJ (Jason Randolph) about Guiding and Life: Part 1
Locations: Utah, Nebraska, and Wyoming
I was fortunate to meet and guide with JJ starting in 1997 out of Park City, UT. We have been friends ever since. We have been able to share many days on the water and in the duck blind. There are so many stories we have this will be a 2-part podcast and in all reality, I will have to sit down with him ...
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