Rocky Mountain High

I hope you like John Denver (of course everyone does) cause I think about him and that wonderful song when going out west.

Well we have been back from our trip for a few weeks and quite enjoyed it. We first set out across the frozen and windy dirtlands of Wyoming and suffered miserably in our summer clothes. Throughout this desolate drive were thinking is this what Idaho will be like. Fortunately, it was warmer and not as windy. As we drove into Pocatello, or as the natives like to call it Pokey, we thought it was beautiful and we were trying to imagine ourselves living there. We organized our things and then we were off to visit the doc that I would be independent contracting with. We took a tour of his office and chatted with him for a couple hours at a park down the street, due to two little boys I know terrorizing the office. His clinic was and still is, I believe, beautiful. We got to learn about the community from his perspective, what IC-ing with him would entail and discuss possibly precepting for my 10th tri. It was a good chat and my wife and I walked away feeling comfortable with this opportunity. He is also successful in his practice and I truly believe in the saying "success breeds success." My family and I then drove around Pokey a bit trying to familiarize ourselves with the area and had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. (Thank you to whomever that they would build such a fine establishment that my family could frequent) The next day, I shadowed the doc and got to meet his employees, get a feel for how he practices and get a better understanding of the paperwork aspects of running a clinic.

We then said good bye to sunny Idaho and made our way to sunny Utah were we spent time with family, be busy running all over the place....and yep I did find the time to go spy on some chiros in Spanish Fork and Springville, Utah. The spying was kind of lackluster although I did watch one office very carefully for an hour and saw 12 or so people come and go within an hour. Exciting is what you call it. I also shadowed a doc in Payson and really enjoyed it. He showed me a lot of tricks of his craft and gave some advice on patient interaction. I also went around town and took some pictures of some different properties and got in contact with some commercial real estate agents and let me tell you, Walmart area property is dang expensive. I know, keep on laughing. I should have figured that out long before making a call.

After spending less then a week in sunny Utah we made our way down to forever sunny Arizona. My wife had two of her sisters getting married so we didn't have a lot of time to focus on chiropractic until the end of our stay. I also went on a 3 day/2 night backpacking trip with my brother-in-laws. It was a heck of a lot of fun except the 30 stitches my brother got from the bear attack....I kid, I kid. So, after all the fun, my wife and I went to a little town of 3,500 people called St Johns and visited with the only chiropractor in town about buying his practice. My wife is from another small town called Eagar about a half hour south and we have kicked around the idea of moving back to the area. Well it was a nice visit chatting with the chiro and seeing what kind of potential the area has and what kind of opportunities would be there for my family and I.

So we finally left forever sunny Arizona and went to rainy Texas and stayed in cow smelly Amarillo for the night. We ate at this little restaurant called Coyote Bluff that was featured on one of the best shows in the whole wide world "Man vs Food." Upon first seeing this place my wife and 6 year old boy were saying they would not eat there, it looking like a little hole in the wall place. So we ended up eating there after much begging and pleading from me. I ended up getting the burger featured on the TV show called the 'Burger from Hell' it was big and cheesy with a full cup of jalepenos and boy was it good. The best part of this restaurant was how tiny it was (about 800 sq feet). Let's just say it had a lot of character. I know this doesn't have to do anything with chiropractic but hey it was a lot of fun.

Hope you enjoyed todays blog and hopefully next time I'll let you know were my wife and I decide to take our family adventures after school.