Elephant Traveller

A past dream of mine, from another time.

I was on the back of a giant African Elephant.  She was incredibly beautiful and very kind.  I could feel that I was safe, despite my distance from the ground.  

I was at one side of the world, and I was intending to cross the ocean to the other side.  There was a dock built the entire way that I could walk across.  I started my journey.... and somehow the thin, wooden dock was able to take the weight of the giant pachyderm.

The dock went straight forward across the ocean.  The ocean surrounding the dock was very dark.... I could not see what was beneath the surface at all.  I didn't really like this feeling.  Also, while I was riding my big travel friend, I could only see in tunnel vision.  Vision for me was as if I were a horse wearing blinders on the sides of my head.  I was having trouble looking up too.  Basically, I could only see what was directly in front of the elephants swaying trunk; near the ground.  I found this all disconcerting, but did not allow it to affect my journey intent.

Due to the strange tunnel vision, I did not realize we had come upon a giant iceberg until I was almost immediately in front of it.  The elephant stopped.  She was waiting for direction from me.  I then had to find a  solution to this problem.  How was I going to get around this giant block of ice? The dock went right through the iceberg, so I could not walk upon it anymore.  Swimming was out of the question because it was freezing cold.  Attempting to climb the berg would have been ridiculous.  I was having trouble trying to problem solve, as my tunnel vision was still in full throttle.  I could not literally look around for a better solution.

That is all that I remember of that dream.  I love that I was riding an elephant.... they are my favorite animals :)