Hey everyone, this is my first post on a forum like this so I'm not sure what to anticipate, but here I go!

I've been having a recurring dream over perhaps the past year, but not steadily. I've had it about 3 or 4 times. Here's a little backstory before I get into it: I currently live in Canada with my mom. Before that, I lived in another country (let's call it country B) also with my mom, but my dad did and still does live there. I moved to Canada about a year and a half ago.

In my dream, I'm taking a bus (it always starts out with me on the bus). I'm either in Canada or Country B, but I am always going to visit my dad. I'm going only by bus, not to an airport or anything, which is strange because Country B and Canada aren't connected by land and so I couldn't just take a bus from one to the other. The bus passes by the stop I am supposed to get off at, because I neglected to press a button to tell the driver to stop. I wave it off and say it isn't a big deal, because I can just get off at the next stop and walk in the opposite direction to go to where I am supposed to. However, the next stop ends up being extremely far away, so far that I am unable to just walk back to the previous one (this is about the time that I realize it's 'that' dream, however I haven't been able to achieve full lucidity yet). Since it's the last stop on the bus route, I have to get off there. There aren't any buses going the opposite direction either, so I just continue walking in the direction the bus was going.

When I get off the bus I am in a place I don't recall seeing IRL. In the dream I assume it's in Country B because of the climate- it's hot. There is a small cliff with a cave in it that I have seen in other dreams- the cave is usually a homeless shelter or a small store where some women sell handmade products like scrubs and soaps (oddly specific but true!) but in this dream it is just a cave which I pass by.

Usually the dream ends there, at the cave, but the most recent time I've had it, I've continued walking and seen a town in Country B, but in a state I've never seen it before. There are many car crashes and it seems like there has been a flood or something, because everything is rotting and wet. People have set fires to things(like the broken cars, etc), but whether it is because they are rioting or they just need warmth, I don't know. In the dream, I am surprised to see everything like this, and then the dream ends.

As I'm writing this I've just now remembered- the first time I had this dream, instead of going to the cave, I instead go to my dad's house anyways, even though I got off far from the stop I was supposed to. He is happy to see me when I get there. Me and my dad haven't had arguments or anything since then.

Sorry if what I've written doesn't make sense at times, but I'd really appreciate any interpretations or anything, or even advice on how to extend the dream so I can learn more about the scenario it's in! :heart: