Friday 25th June 2021

25th June 2021

Today starts with Bob checking on Jack.

Yesterday, While Bob and I were watering our fruit trees Jack decides to take himself off down the paddock to  have a swim in the dam, and what ever else Jack does while he is down there. After we have finished watering the said plants, Jack comes back up to the house, and is panting heavily and has some blood on his neck and is all disheveled. He plants himself on the back of the Ute, in the compartment that he usually travels in, as it seems to be the practice of both dogs nowadays, to get into the Ute if the tailgate is down. It appears as though he has had some form of altercation with another dog or something. So Bob and I continue to do more packing and sorting for our trip, go inside and settle for the evening, having some dinner and watching the news. I go out and check on Jack, and he doesn’t stir. I touch him and still nothing, talk to him a little louder and he is non responsive. Oh my, I have a horrible feeling that he is dead. I go into Bob, who is in his office, and say, I think Jack is dead, his reply is, what? So we both go out to Jack, and after much loud calling and shaking, Jack comes alive again. He is very groggy, but is responsive enough for us not to be concerned, but we do get him out of the back of the Ute and put him on a chain in his dog house, incase he wanders off through the night. So after this we call it a night and turn in for the night. 

In the morning, Bob goes out at around 6 in the morning to again check on Jack, and again he is unresponsive and after hitting the side of the dog house and loud calling he stirs. We are both concerned, and unsure of what to do.  So we decide that he if he was to go to the vet, all they would say would be to rest him, and that is what he would get in the next few days, as we will be travelling. 

We now start to pack the Ute with our supplies  of food and clothes and assorted other items we think we will need for the next two weeks. I have precooked some meals, cryvaced them and frozen them. So we are all set and ready to go and depart from home at 9.20am. It is starting to spit a little rain, 

Our destination today is Roma, where we will be staying with my cousin and her husband for the night. We stop at Tiaro, to fuel up for the trip and then again we are on our way. We head through the back way via Kilkivin, Murgon, turning at Tingora heading for Chinchilla. We stop at a little place called Durong to give the dogs a spell and a toilet stop for all traveling, and checking on Jack. He seems to be feeling a little better,  but is not keen to stray to far away from the Ute, as is Floss. They are happy to be back on board, and travelling again. 

We stop at Chinchilla, for  lunch and by this time it is close to 2pm. We travel onwards, with no more stops until Roma, where we refuel the Ute, and continue to Jenny and Shane’s. We arrive there at almost 5pm, and enjoy a nice roast lamb meal, and some good conversation. 

We have travelled in rain, most of the way to Roma, where it continues to rain throughout the night.