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   Richard Silk to All   
   2023/08/10 Thursday: Modes of Transporta   
   10 Aug 23 11:11:57   
   
   From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   The dreamer had one of those rare (for me) dreams involving a single-engine   
   airplane:   
   The dreamer was an individual *feeling* as if being without a license, yet   
   *also* feeling capable of flying a small plane, even though without a lot of   
   training.   
      
   The objective had to deal with the need to fly a plane from point A (around   
   Murfreesboro) to point B (around Smyrna/La Vergne, possibly further north into   
   Davidson County, possibly beyond, like around Gallatin/Hendersonville?) and   
   then to complete some    
   activity (X) then return the plane to point A *before* sunset (and yes, there   
   were actually real-life reasons for this need to get back before sunset.)   
      
   There was also some type of underlying condition regarding fuel, cost, rental,   
   cost (for time, as in a per day rate.)  I *think* the plane came fully fueled,   
   the cost was for "1 day," and if the plane were out for another day, that   
   would incur cost as    
   well, *plus* a refueling cost, but that seemed questionable.  It should've   
   been per day, fully fueled, so refueling should've been included with a second   
   day charge, but fueling would *likely* be "out of pocket" for the pilot, but   
   to continue....   
      
   There was some type of mission to be performed at the northern leg of the   
   journey.  The dreamer had a (relatively) clear image of being inside the cabin   
   / pilot seat of the small (single engine) plane, and the engine started, and   
   the taxi to the runway,    
   and *possibly* of the takeoff, but there's no imagery of the takeoff, the   
   flight, nor the landing.   
      
   On the northern leg, there's a sense that the dreamer (having successfully   
   landed!) had his children with him, at least two of the boys (Logan and   
   Landon?) and that *somehow* he (the dreamer) had returned back to point A   
   *without* his children.  (In real    
   life, Logan, Landon and Alyssa were adopted by a family in Galla   
   in/Hendersonville, or so I have come to understand.)   
      
   There were two distinct feelings going on throughout this section of the   
   dream: 1, that the boys were OK, no need to worry, and 2) *worry*, along with   
   "HOW COULD YOU JUST LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN LIKE THAT???"  *Both* feelings were   
   experienced while the    
   dreamer was back at point A, and having to consider:  "How to get BACK to   
   point B *without* taking another airplane? And why did I leave that plane at   
   point B?"   
      
   Just to be clear, those were feelings running through the dream, rather than   
   expressly heard or spoken words.   
      
   Somehow, the dreamer is in discussion with someone (not seen) as to picking up   
   the boys.  This also involves the need to get the plane that was landed in   
   point B back to the airfield at point A.   
      
   In another scene, the dreamer is somewhere in the northern area, on foot, and   
   walking through a rather brightly lit neighborhood (much like a sunny, spring   
   day, *much in the sense of* the area of Briley Pkwy, *before* it became a   
   *major* artery through    
   Davidson County) and noting some of the nice buildings (houses/homes?) and the   
   neighbors all outside, as if gathered for a community May Pole event or some   
   such (maybe an Easter Egg hunt?)   
      
   The dreamer is aware of having his entire family (of his parents' generation,   
   my siblings, etc.) along with him, as if they were background characters yet   
   still present, and there was some immediate concern about needing better   
   transportation, as there    
   was *specific* concern over "grandma" being able to walk very far, if at all,   
   without assistance.  (IRL, my mother is *at least* 2 years older than my   
   grandmother lived to be, so that entity may be *slightly* ambiguous.)   
      
   This scene practically "segued" in some manner into one in which an Indian   
   (like from the country of India) was peddling a bicycle designed for group   
   transportation:  that is, the human powered the pedals, connected to the rear   
   by a chain, yet the    
   backside was more like that of a taxicab, longer rather than wider, in which   
   up to 6 adults could sit and be moved (3 facing 3) sort of like a rickshaw for   
   slightly larger groups.  Funny thing about that rear section, is that it was   
   "sensed" rather than "   
   seen," as the dreamer's perspective was that of slightly ahead of, and   
   slightly *below* that of the peddler-driver's right foot/pedal, and the   
   conversation was with the driver peddling the cab.  There was a "sense" as if   
   the cab-cyclist was transporting    
   the entirety of the family that had been discussed in the scene preceding this   
   one.   
      
   The mind of the dreamer was asking if the effort to move the cargo was a heavy   
   burden, although it was in more of a mental question "?" type form than with   
   words, and the driver replied (again, more like telepathy than with spoken   
   words) that it was    
   simply his "job," regardless of the weight, as that was how he survived /   
   possibly provided for a family, although there was also the sense that there   
   may have been gears available (like on a 3-speed or 10 speed, etc.) to help   
   with any starts / uphill    
   slopes, etc.   
      
   The dreamer was reminded of the days in my youth when I pedaled a bicycle   
   *without* gears.  That shifted the dream again, to the next scene, in which   
   the dreamer is *back* at the airplane at point B, and the outside is   
   approaching sunset, and there    
   appears to be something of an urgent need to get in the air.  At the point   
   whereat the dreamer is about to consider taking off, it's noticed that   
   outdoors is dusk, the sun has set, and therefore there would be no takeoff   
   (having something to do with VFR,    
   Visual Flight Rules) which sort of tells me that the dreamer, although   
   possibly cocky enough to fly a plane in daylight, possibly without a license,   
   had better sense than to try to do the same at night *without* a proper   
   license (such as "IFR" or    
   Instrument Flight Rules.")   
      
   There's a scene whereat the dreamer is approaching a room (back around point   
   A, akin to "home turf") wherein the dreamer sees his son (in this case,   
   Charles, at a young age, say around 8?) only thinking it was "Logan" (the two   
   boys looked *very* much    
   alike in their youth photos!!)   
      
   Regardless, even though the boy (looking like Charles) looked *angry* (to the   
   core!) towards the dreamer, still, the dreamer "loved" the boy, and hugged   
   him, which is where the dream ended and I awoke.   
      
   Overall clarity, 8 to 9+.  There may have been other clips, but if they   
   somehow failed to "fit" the overall, lengthier plot line of the    
   transportation"-based dream, such have evaporated into the background.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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