In my dream, I am driving along a road (westbound) that looks very similar to West Chester Pike in the "undeveloped" stretch. I pull off to the side of the road -- on the right, of course -- adjacent to an "undeveloped" field with tall brown grass (maybe knee or thigh high) that has a small open area, making it easy to get my car completely off the highway.
I'm familiar with this spot, having driven past it many times and often thinking "One of these days, I will pull my car off the road and take a look around here." And today is the day I'm actually doing this.
There is a pair of orange road cones somewhat blocking the pull-off area, but I decide that, whatever the reason for the cones being here, it shouldn't affect my intention of a brief investigation. The pull-off area looks as if people have done this "get out of your car" visit occasionally, so I feel okay in doing what I'm doing.
I plan on walking through the grass, and it looks like others have done the same, as the grass has been stepped on and laid flat up ahead. Shortly before I start to walk into the grassy area, I see a pole stuck in the ground. It's maybe 5 or 6 inches in diameter and it's hollow. I think there's some decoration on at least part of the pole -- a spiral red line like a barber's pole.
I put my hands around the pole and lift it. I find that it lifts easily and I can pull it completely free of the ground. When I do so, I see that the hole into which the pole had been placed is lined by a metal tube, which holds back the soil and allows the pole to be moved into and out of the ground. I lay the pole on its side for a moment, then decide to replace it into the hole. I don't know what it's for, but if someone else wants it there and upright, I should comply with that desire.
I find that there is something of a path through the tall grass, leading in the general direction of a patch of woods, maybe 150 yards or so past the tall grass section. The ground and therefore the path dip down a bit as I walk along, so that looking back towards my car, I can only see the top portion of my car and the occasional other cars driving past my location.
As I approach the wooded area, I see that there is a fantastic elevated enclosed walkway surrounding a bare patch in the woods. I couldn't see it earlier because there is maybe 75 or 100 feet of treed area between the grassy stretch and the open area. The walkway is pure white and seems immaculate from where I'm standing. The walls and roof form something of a octagonal shape in cross section rather than simply rectangular. Very space-age looking! There are windows in the walls, but they look dark, suggesting they're shaded or the interior of the walkway is unlit.
My thought is that being in the walkway would be a perfect place to stand or sit and watch the wildlife in the bare patch. It winds around the open bare patch for maybe a quarter of the circumference, with windows looking out onto the bare patch. But the bare patch might be half an acre or a bit more in size, so that the likelihood of seeing interesting wildlife would seem unlikely -- and certainly not deserving the elaborate walkway.
I think this would be an interesting place to understand -- and that I would need to do some serious investigation to get that understanding.
As I turn to check out my car, I notice that another car is pulling into the pulloff area behind my car. I don't think it's a police car, but feel I'd better get back to my car just in case.
I wake up.
No comments:
Post a Comment