Hi lenscaper. If my RC didn't fail, I most likely would have been lucid. I've been practicing what I will do once I get lucid so I don't loose lucidity: 1. Stay calm. 2. Speak out loud everything I'm am doing (example: actually say, "I will stay calm." "I am going to walk over to the tree." Etc) 3. Engage my senses to connect with the dream (What do I see, hear, smell, feel....taste if there is something to taste). This has helped me in the past to stay lucid and not to wake up prematurely.