On The Road Again

So next on The Adventures of Dave and Elise is a massive mid-west road trip! I'm writing to you from on the road, I-94E just past Madison, WI heading toward Chicago, IL!

Dave just had his last, of 11, final exam this morning and we took off immediately from the school. His break is from today until May 5th. For months now we've been planning this extreme road trip. We will be visiting 10 different states in the coming 3 weeks. The reasoning behind it you may ask? Well, first of all, we need to figure out where we are going to live in less than 2 years as well as open our own chiropractic practice. Since we are both sheltered U.P.ers who have only really seen WI and the LP on our major vacations, we decided we need to see the world (or at least the USA) before making such a choice. The second incentive for the trip is to visit as many chiro offices as we can. Not just your typical low back and neck pain chiropractors though, oh no. We are going all out to have one of THE best chiropractic offices in the world. Our goal is to offer the absolute best quality of care to our family, friends and patients. So along our trip route, we are going to visit other offices like the one we are planning to open ourselves. Think of it as our own little business research project. We will primarily be visiting Maximized Living offices, but have a few just high volume, principled chiropractors in the mix. We are SO excited to see the array of offices and meet some new doctors!

We are also trying to "break even" on this trip as we're on a limited budget being newlyweds..a grad student..and an out of work chica. So, our plan to recover the gas and food costs are to screen for the doctors we visit. This is going to be so great, because not only will we get to sharpen our screening skills, but we'll also get to talk to TONS of people from each city we stop at, giving us the ability to get to know our potential future client base. It will be many hours working each day, but it will be so worth it by the end of this trip. Hopefully we'll be narrowing down on some cities we loved and hated..

Today we are heading to Chicago, where we will spend about 4 days and visit some quite amazing doctors, leaders in chiropractic! Today is Dr. Charles Majors' office. Tomorrow will be Dr. Ashly Ochsner's. And then on Saturday is the Maximized Living Chicago Seminar. It's going to be a jam-packed weekend of principle and philosophy! We cannot wait!

This will have to be it for this post. My laptop battery is almost dead. But check back often throughout the next 3 weeks -- or subscribe to or RSS our blog. We're planning to share our adventures with you all as we go along! Don't worry, we'll keep the work part to a minimum and only share our fun experiences and sights. :)


- Elise