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I'm not sure what lead into this dream, but the part I remember starts with me and cheapcarnival being out fishing with friends composer2005, BH and TD. Also it seems that at least one or two of composer2005's dogs were along, one of whom was nothing like herself, but was definitely bearing the same name. So we were fishing and camping on this river (creek?) right at the head of this waterfall. Now the water was shallow enough that we could wade around in it, so if it was a river it wasn't a very big one. Maybe more like the Yellow River out in Yellow Springs is in some places. Slow, meandering, and not in a big hurry to get anywhere. So The waterfall is like a big wide stone fence with periodic breaks where the stone has eroded (or it might have once been an ancient dam that was built that way to let the water flow through in spots and still let people cross.) that the water just happens to flow through the cracks to another segment about oh... 30 maybe 40 feet down. I spent a lot of time walking around on that stone bridge. Apparently without any concern at all about falling 30 or 40 feet to my death.

At one point, I happened to glance down and saw the largest LARGEST lizard I had ever seen. At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. It was a giant even at that distance. Probably it was 20 feet long and two feet wide at the wide part. This lizard was mostly yellowish around the sides and underside, and then a dark rich green on his back neck and head. I pointed it out to BH and TD and they seemed completely unimpressed by it. Even when another albeit smaller, but still huge (about half size) lizard came out of the woods to join the first. After a while there were like 6 or 7 of these things down there of varying sizes, just hanging out. Maybe they were fishing too, or basking in the sun or whatever it is that giant lizards do. I decided at some point that they must be some kind of monitors, but never decided what they were exactly.  I did decide that I wanted to take a picture though, and started to go get my camera.

Vicki, one of composer2005's late great dogs came wandering out from under the picnic table which we had stationed in the middle of the river. She was dressed in something that looked like a crayon suit.  The place where the 'crayola' would normally be though, was just an oval cutout in the middle of her back where you could pet her.  She was not the same kind of dog at Vicki at all. She was big, and beagle like.  She looked more like old Ziggy, but I called her Vicki and that was who she was.  Now Vicki could talk. At least... she could talk to me, and complained that she didn't understand the economy or what was going on with it, and that bothered her. So I told her I would try to explain it when I got back with my camera, but that I wanted to take pictures of the lizards before they left.

So anyway, back to my camera I went in the house (yes... suddenly this whole riverscape was in the back yard of a house. Maybe MY house... (my old house if it was, but it didn't feel like my house or look like it other than the location of the kitchen.) So I go out to my car to get my phone (camera) which for some reason wasn't on me. Probably due to river play and potential water damage, though why I wouldn't just put it in a ziploc snack bag and stick it in its holster I don't know. Anyway, my car ends up not being on the driveway. Apparently I forgot what I was doing and parked it two doors up on someone else's driveway. So I had to go up and retrieve it.  But my phone was not in it.  Those neighbors came down to talk to me about the missing camera (phone) and somehow got on the subject of photo storage/display devices that hang on your key chain.  Well, apparently I'd tried to get one, and in fact had one on my key chain, but it wasn't what I'd wanted and I'd had to stop three or four places just to get that.  What I'd wanted was something like a cube with a clicker that changed the photos and what I'd ended up with was like a tiny frame that switched them automatically. Meanwhile none of these things were going to address the problem with my missing camera (phone) and I was worried that the monitors were going to leave before I got a good picture of them.

After I escape from the photo display key chain conversation with the neighbor lady who didn't understand what I wanted, I went back outside.  I still didn't have my camera, and nobody else seemed the least bit impressed by them. composer2005 was busy with her tent, setting it up next to BH and TD's tent. The tent appeared to be trying to scoot itself back into the trees, but when I asked her what she was doing, the tent she was in scooted quite rapidly towards me, and then opened to reveal composer2005.  I told her that Vicki wanted to understand the economy and had asked me to explain what was going on.  Then I started explaining by defining a recession vs a depression. Vicki understood that part, but before I could go any further composer2005 had picked up her dog (who was the bigger of the two of them) and was busy giving her reassuring puppy talk. 

So I checked on the lizards. They were still there, hanging out, and just as big as before.  One seemed even bigger. I think he must have been 30 feet long and 3 feet wide. I was very impressed by these lizards, and I asked BH and TD what the deal was with them, and why they were there, and why nobody seemed interested.  So BH says to me "Oh, those people down the street won the lottery or something." Huh? So that means that GIANT HUGE LARGE LIZARDS hang out in the river that's in your back yard??

Unfortunately, I woke up and didn't really get to learn how winning the lottery was connected with these big lizards.  I also did not manage to get a single picture to show them to you. Sorry...

Vicki: I don't understand the economy