ScottR

This is my first entry since restarting my dream journal, and it was quite a memorable start for me. This was by far the most vivid dream I've ever had, with sensory clarity on par with real life if not exceeding it. The contents of the dream were nothing special however. The dream is as follows:

I started driving with my girlfriend to visit our old high school in New Jersey. Just before sunset we saw storm clouds on the horizon, we pulled over into a gravel parking lot to take shelter in a house. As we stepped out of the car I looked out across a wheat field towards the school. The wheat rippled softly in the wind, the setting sun light tinging it in hues of amber and gold. Storm clouds in shades of pink and blue swirled fiercely in the distance, with intermittent lightning strikes breaking the sereneness of the setting.

We entered the house, and I was surprised to be greeted by some of my fraternity brothers from Florida. We talked for a while as the rains poured down, though I can't recall the contents of the conversation. I soon found myself surfing the internet, watching a video that constantly changed subject matter. After this the rains let up, and I walked outside to start the car. As I was walking, I tripped and stumbled to my hands and knee. My leg had fallen through the earth up to my other knee. When I pulled it out of the hole, my leg was covered in a thick brown mud, though it felt like soft wet clay to the touch.

After a short jump in time, I found myself back on the road with my girlfriend. The rains had returned, and obstacles were soon materializing in the road, a fallen tree, an animal skittering across the road, a crumbling bridge across a rising river. A little while later we came to the same obstacles, and I realized we were driving in circles. A few circuits later, the streets began to flood. My car turned into a boat, and I tried my best to paddle my way through the swift currents. The bridge was now completely destroyed, and ramped down into the river. The sudden incline tipped the boat over, and we both clung to the outside of the boat. With one hand on the boat, I tried to push my girlfriend back inside, but the river was too strong, and soon we were both sucked in. We managed to swim to shore, and I feared the worst for the phone in my pocket, however, when I looked at it it was working.

Then I woke up, very impressed by the vividness of the now obvious dream I had just had.