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I looked before I leaped. The other side looked like a plowed field where nothing grew. It was about a 12 inch drop. I stepped over the edge into the field. I saw deer in the distance off to the right so I walked that way. They were in another small field that joined with the field I was in. Closer, I saw that they were not deer. They were the size of large horses and had faces that made me think of camels.
They seemed to be well-domesticated or even semi-intelligent. I saw them enter a farmhouse that was nearby. I followed. I was waiting for my companion, ?, to come through after me. I looked back and saw him. I wanted to show him this great place and the animals so I waved to him.
We were talking with the woman who lived in the house. We wondered if our money would be any good in this place but decided that the gold, at least, would work.
I am in a barn. I see a small cat sitting next to a drain cover, watching. An object appears on the cover and starts to grow. It takes the form of a rat and the cat meows. Hearing the meow, a dog trots over and grabs the rat with its teeth and walks away with it. From somewhere, maybe someone is with me, I hear that the rats must be destroyed because they just keep growing when they get into the world. So the cat alerts the dog, who is large enough to deal with the rats. I wonder what happens when the cat and dog need to sleep?
I go for a walk. Suddenly, I see a lot of traffic on the country road, all headed for the farmhouse. I guess that the woman has told her friends that we are there and where we are from. Somehow, I know that her friends are learned people and scientists, so I am not worried. I walk back towards the house along the road and I see a number of objects in the ditch, as if they had fallen off a truck. Sure enough, a truck pulls up alongside me and the driver leans over and tells me that he is trying to find his [item] that has fallen off. He has light colored hair, glasses, and seems to be in his late 20's. When I see him, I know that he is me, a version of me, also travelling as I am. I don't want to get caught up in his problems since I am on a mission. I say "Sorry, I can't help you" and I move on.
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All of the above took place in a country setting. Now I am visiting the city. My guide is a young man, maybe even teenaged, and I feel as if I am near his age also. The city is in a valley and we are travelling along a ridge above it. The guide points out a few buildings of interest. A number of them are tall but not taller than 30 stories or so. For all I know, this is a small town. He talks about one that I see. The top of it is rectangular and extends out over the lower part of the building. On the right side of it, antennae and devices point out horizontally. The guide says that this installation is used to make contact with other worlds. He suggests the word "Intersplit" but I recall that as the name of a warp-drive in a book that I read. He says 'contact' and I think of Seti but I know that he means contacting other worlds through dimensions and not through space. I look at another building and am struck by its architecture. In my world, such tall buildings are glass and steel. Here is a tall building; it is white material with red decorations and relatively few windows. I feel that its appearance is simple and attractive.
The road curves to the right and downhill into the city. I remember seeing glimpses of buildings through gaps between buildings.
We are in a residence in the city, his home I think. He wants to show me the bedrooms. We walk through a girl's bedroom to get to what I know is a boy's bedroom. We find that the door to the boy's bedroom is locked and I hear music coming through the door. We turn away and walk back. In the girl's bedroom I see a collection of figurines on a dresser. There are colored in a way that I would call Egyptian. As a joke or a prank, I think, the guide picks up a figurine and drops it lightly on a group of the others. There is motion, mechanical sounds like a mechanized insect. All of the figurines are moving and the one that was dropped on the others is bowing and apologizing and reciting prayers. We leave the room and go upstairs On the ground floor, I see a screen that resembles a television screen. There is a man on the screen. He has a stern look on his face and he is exhorting somebody, maybe the viewers. His tone reminds me of a Marine Sergeant yelling "Alright, you maggots! Drop and give me fifty!" I say, "Wow, that guy looks just like my gym teacher". I wonder about this because I never had an instructor who looked like him but in the dream I was sure of the resemblance. We leave the residence and go outside.
We walked along a sidewalk. Somewhere, I had acquired a beverage, which I carried in my right hand. It was a green can, somewhat taller than the usual 12 ounce can and I believe that it said "Vernor's" on it near the top. I felt that my guide was ignorant of the source of this beverage so I told him about it. I said that it was invented by Frank Vernor in 1865 and here I wondered if they kept track of years using the same method. I told him more about it but forget the details now.
We arrive at a strange place. It's sort of like a terminal for vehicles. We each get into one of these vehicles and start off down a smooth track (no rails). The vehicles are human powered. The drivers are supposed to use their hands to turn a device that propels the vehicle; I think of a wheel chair enclosed in a bullet-shaped body. Right now we are just sight-seeing because I am still holding the drink and cannot use both hands but I feel that these cars are used for some serious racing. The track curves up on the sides to keep the cars from falling. As we move along, the track widens and the sides curve up until the track is fully enclosed in a tunnel. It is well lit and colorful; I remember reds and yellows, maybe plastic. I know that the course contains elements of a rollercoaster, waterpark, and luge.
We decide that we should enter a race. We are in a large room with many people and I think we are selecting our vehicles. We leave the room and wait at the beginning point of the course. A few minutes later, our vehicles arrive. My friend the guide has a red car. I get a yellow two-seater and a girl for a partner. Maybe I need a partner because I have never done this before? The car is #41 and so are our outfits. As we start off, I try to adjust the headgear so that it covers the back of my neck. I'm annoyed because my helmet is not fastened.
I switch to a knowledge of the course we are going to race on. I feel as if someone is putting images in my mind though it could have been a visual display in the car. I see the course winding along and then descending into a area called 'The Knot' where it goes through many tight turns in a small area and I know that this will involve very high speeds. Somehow, I feel as if these cars are only hand powered at the initial stage. From there it goes for a long straightaway and then into another tight spot called 'The Square'.
And then, wouldn't you know, I woke up.
Interesting notes:
In each of the places where I described a direction as being to the 'right', I originally called 'left' and had to change it when reread this.
I feel as if I was dreaming someone elses dream, maybe another self. I didn't have any information about the Vernor's can but the dreaming self believed that he knew these things. I did recognize that one guy's face on the screen but not as any instructor that I ever had. I wonder who he is? So, I felt like I was observing another version of self explore a world that was not his either.
8-20-2006
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