Night of 1/19/04 (Mon to Tues) 10:30pm to 5am
We're driving aweful fast, down CR 43, me & my mom, in a Caravan. Running errands I'd say. Now we're cruising back up to town, too fast in wet waters. It's dreary outside... Wet, sprinkling, grey boring clouds, depressing. Going to Monticello, illegal cross-lane-change on the turn. Tony is there, comments. We're going to the Tony's house for a BBQ ribs meal. Now it is me, Rachel, and Tony, possibly dropped off, possibly deserted, alongside the road. We are near a trail in the woods. The weather is different now, snowing, slushy, and cold. All three of us have a sled in our hands to carry.
We begin our trek. I naturally become a little enraged with my mom not letting me know to bring outdoor "snow stuff." The others mildly laugh. We rest for a second. The rest resulted from failed attempts to slide on our sleds through the snow. Mine was a flat wooden shape. After a brief halt, we continue again. Tony leaves Rachel's sled a short distance behind as she goes and picks it up. There's [dog?] poop on it. Nevertheless, we continue on.
The weather has changed. It is not hot, but enjoyably warm. No longer do we bear our snow slothes or sleds. Tony is a bit ahead, trying to peer over a large, earth-mounded corner. I start walking around... I notice a strange -- earth. A claylike, adobe, a mold. Rusted in color, I see the markings of two giant [beast] bear prints. I call Tony. We speak not of it to Rachel.
We pass the bend-in-the-road and are at an unpassible point. Earth and a giant tree (made of the same dream-earth) block us. Tony is, unsurprisingly, already in the tree. He looks down on me with a fear in his eyes. I see many more prints. Others, too. He motions for me to go first, and I do. I need't only to climb a mere 6ft tree base is all. I am followed by Rachel, and then Tony.
There is a rocky, earthy, cavish, overgrowth cliff to our right. A sharp veer right, alongside a lakeshore, the path leads. I feel no one else will, so I run by, pulling an arc, to catch a glimsp of the corner. There is a standing fear in me also.
I am relieved. I see the campground. I tell my companions, now 4 -- two guys, two girls -- one perhaps Amy. We walk up to the camp. There are fires. There are people. Many cabins and what you'd expect to see.
A man gets up and walks towards us. As we are approaching this camp and this man, I whisper to Tony for him/us to remember to acquire the root password. ("?"... For a campground. Ha.) He greets us. He is very old. We tell him that we are here for the BBQ ribs party. He asks of us, pointing at a tiny grill, what will be cooked. Tony mutters something. Then the man points to a bigger grill with the same question. "Ribs" we say.
I wake up. 1:53am. I think, "Whoa, I drempt all that in only about 3 hours?!" I glance again. 4:54am. I wake up. 25 minutes of writing later, here I am.
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