September 18th, 2005

My family and I are walking through the Museum. My entire family is there: parents, brother, grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We approach the largest tree I have ever seen. There is an elevator in the base of the tree. The elevator will take us to the Amusement Park.
...The elevator and the Giant Tree are one organism...
...As we ascend the levels I remember I have been on this elevator before...
"Jeff, you remember when we were kids and rode this elevator," I ask my bother.
"Yeah," he says.
The elevator stops. The door opens on the Amusement Park. It has a dinosaur theme. An animatronic hadrosaur lays in the mud next to the entrance turnstile. It asks for everyone's ticket. We give it our tickets and enter the park. On our way to the main area we pass a lava pool and another mud pool. Inside the mud is a pink animatronic hadrosaur laying on it's side. She was half submerged in the mud. I feel uneasy looking at the hadrosaur. It looked to be in pain. We finally enter the main area of the Amusement Park. A large rolling field spreads out in front of us. Once my eyes adjust to the dusk level light, I see that the rides are spread out across the fields. I am about to tell my family this when I realize we have become separated. I am alone. I keep moving hoping to run into them. I see a Bozo the Clown ride off to my right. I walk over to check it out. Bozo the Clown was working at his ride.
"I wish I could go over and hug Bozo the Clown. Then I would feel comforted instead of scared and alone."