The End Of Another Year

So this year was good for the Superdogs, and crazy for everything else. Here is a recap of 2013.

 

In March we sold the bus we’d had for four years in trade for a Hiace Commuter and tents. After about six months we brought another bus. We had issues with van rego, and with so much work to be done on it that we decided to sell it about a month ago.

GENERAL STATISTICS

NEW TRICKS SPARKIE LEARNED: 7

NUMBER OF SUPERDOG SHOWS: 11

MONEY EARNED FROM SUPERDOG SHOWS: $3340

STATES WE WERE IN: 5

OVERALL RIBBONS FROM DOG SHOWS: 15

FAMILY MEMBERS LOST: 0

FAMILY MEMBERS GAINED: 1

 

TRAVEL HIGHS AND LOWS

FAVOURITE PLACES WE VISITED: Amigo’s Castle at Lightning Ridge, NSW, and

LEAST FAVOURITE PLACE: Cloncurry, QLD.

FAVOURITE SUPERDOG SHOW: Mt Isa Show, QLD.

LEAST FAVOURITE SUPERDOG SHOW: Tennant Creek Show, NT.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT: riding the travelator with Sparkie, 26 November.

 

This year’s MOST ANNOYING PERSON award is shared by the two police officers who knocked on our door at 3:45am in a camp spot near Melbourne, to “see if we were ok.” To read the story, click here.

The RUDEST PERSON was a tourist park owner in Cloncurry, who swore at us for calling so late (it was 9:30pm on a Wednesday), and then after messing us around for about fifteen minutes, he told us to find somewhere else to camp. We ended up sleeping in the van on the side of the road.

 

It’s been a year full of ups and downs. People who I thought I could trust have betrayed me. I’ve done things I never thought possible and I’m starting to live a little more adventurously. I’m now standing at a crossroads that’ll decide who I become in life. Either way will require me to give up something, and it’s not a decision I’m taking lightly. But whatever my choice, I know my family will back me up. Which brings me to the most important thing I’ve learned this year - “family” doesn’t always mean the people you are related to.

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!