(Much happens that I don't remember, before...)
... I find myself walking along a country road with some friends. There are some cars that pass by sporatically in either direction, but for the most part it's a peaceful walk. We are all chatting companiably; the day is coming to an end and I know we're going into the west; the sun is a large ball of orange gold behind the line of tall fir trees.
There is a dip in the road and I now find that I am alone. I go down, knowing from memory that it will take me to a short pedestrian tunnel, while the cars will be able to drive on top. As I go down, I look up and see a large round house. It's beautiful! While the construction is solid brick and stone, there are also many large curved windows all around. I stop for a moment and think that there should be some other building there, but can't bring the image to mind, and so walk under the wooden slatted road. I can see the exit on the other side, but as I get there I notice that it's not really an exit - it's just a large hole at the top of the embankment below the wooden road slats. I know that I cannot climb out there and wonder where along the way I took a wrong turn.
I turn around an walk back the length of the short tunnel, and back outside. I continue to curve along the road up to the house, because i suddenly remember that I've been there before with some friends. There is a family including a young daughter living there. I make my way to the back of the house (known only by the fact that it faces away from the road) and up the winding porch steps.
Suddenly I hear voices behind me, and a young woman (whom I recognize as the "daughter") comes running up behind me, all breathless and laughing. Behind her are two men, one obviously her boyfriend and the other one her brother. They stop momentarily and look at me, and I greet her by name. Recognition dawns on her face, and the three of them continue running up. I wonder if the parents will now be calling the police to report a prowler.
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Well, that's about it, except that I also recall a faint image of some kind of atmospheric phenomenon - the sky divided into three parts with different coloured clouds. It was part of some scientific experiment.
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