The next day after me, Kate, and Buddy had returned to camp. Dad and I had planned a day-long excursion up to the very top of the Little Belt Mountains to watch the sunset. As usual I was up early and was getting everything ready to go. Topping off dad's Yamaha Grizzly and my Kawasaki with gas, checking tire pressure of both machines, and so on.
I strapped a mid-size cooler onto the front utility rack of dad's ATV. Also a small tank of gas in case I ran out, this is a long ride, about 30 miles there and the same distance back. 60 miles round trip. Dad's ATV has a 6 gallon tank and would probably only use half, my bike only has a 2 gallon tank and would need gas on the return trip. Kate had stayed in bed awhile, but now came out of the Airstream. I was sitting in my folding-chair looking at the empty fire pit, fidgeting with anticipation.
"Don't you seem excited?" Kate asked out of nowhere.
"Oh yeah, this ride will be awesome! The trails are pretty laid back for the most part but there will be spots where you will need to get off in order for me to get up some of the hills. There is also a few water crossings which you will have to get off for too. Dad can probably ferry you across them so you don't get wet."
"Is it safe?" Kate asked concerned.
"Yes it is; I have rode that trail many times before and never had trouble, just don't worry about me I can handle most anything on my bike and am a good swimmer if something happened."
"Oh okay, its just I love you so much!"
I smiled, "I know Kate; I have very fond feelings for you too, to me your safety is more important than mine! You don't have gear or a helmet like I do."
"I know but you are such a good rider and are careful with me!"
"Yep Kate, that is so true!"
Awhile later after dad woke up and was getting ready to go, Kate and I returned to the Airstream. I got into the freezer and found some pizza hot pockets. The microwave in the camper was too small to cook them both at once so I cooked one for Kate first.
"Be careful honey, the filling will be hot!"
"Okay," Kate said taking the hot pocket and holding it in her mouth waiting for it to cool a bit. When mine was done I took it out of the microwave and went over and sat on the bed. Kate jumped up and lay down, placing her food between her paws.
"Yours should be cooled enough to eat by now Kate, just be careful! The pepperonis always get me on the lip it seems like."
Kate bit into it and chewed, and swallowed it.
"It is very good and warm, not too hot at all!"
"Very well Kate, I am glad to hear that!" I said, I took a bite out of mine and found it just right too. We finished eating and then lay on the bed waiting for dad. Kate rested her head on my chest and nuzzled the bottom of my chin with her nose.
"Oh Kate! You are so sweet!"
"I know I am!"
Kate climbed on top of me; it was not sexual in any way, just a warm cuddling. She then lowered her head onto my right shoulder and rested her left cheek against the side of my face, letting out a happy sigh.
"Aw Kate! You are too good for me sometimes I think ha ha!" I laughed sarcastically. It was then my dad came out of the master bedroom and saw me and Kate laying on my bed cuddling.
"What are you guys doing?" Dad asked, "not going back to bed I hope?"
"Oh no, we were just cuddling!" I laughed. It was so nice that dad did not mind me and Kate having a relationship, he did not know however that we were intimate yet.
"Yeah okay then, lets get going shall we?"
"Yes! For sure!" I said excitedly, Kate getting off of me.
We went out and I got all my gear and helmet on.
"Dad, on the deep crossings can Kate ride with you? I cannot carry her by motorcycle across those."
"Yeah that's no problem! I used to carry old Jack all the time!"
That was good that dad would do that. It would make matters a whole lot easier for me. This trip was too long for Stormy and Buddy to come with so I tethered them to separate trees far enough apart so that they could not become entangled. Refilled their water bowls with cold, fresh water from the stream.
"Be a good girl Stormy, keep Buddy in line okay?" I asked her. Stormy wagged her tail right and left once meaning "yes", cocked hear head sideways and perked both ears. Stormy had been around me enough and she knew "yes" from "no"! Just like she knew the words "bad" or "good". I hugged and kissed her on the forehead affectionately. I then stood up and went back to my motorcycle leaning on my Bronco where Kate was waiting.
"Just saying goodbye to the dogs and giving Stormy the okay to keep Buddy in line!" I laughed.
"Will she?" Kate asked.
"Oh yes, you may not think to look at her but that little girl has a strong mind just like me and can put Buddy in his place if she has to!"
"Wow, I never thought she would be like that I guess," Kate said.
"Yes in the dog world; females are far superior to males, if you notice not often do males start fights with a female, it is against their ways."
"Really? Wow, in a wolf pack the alphas eat first during a hunt and after they are done the rest of the pack members fight over the remaining meat!"
I nodded my head, "yes, lets go shall we?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, what am I doing?" Kate hopped up onto the motorcycle, whereupon I started it. Dad got onto his ATV with his open-face helmet and sunglasses, gloves, and boots on, started it and we took off.
Going on the gravel road for ten miles went by slow. Dad led the way and he always ran about 45mph; it was just boring, I like to climb and navigate over obstacles! Along the way Kate's mouth was moving, but I could not even hope to hear her over the sound of my motorcycle. We arrived at the trail-head soon enough though.
The trail started out tame like a logging road, it got tougher as we went along though. More ruts, and rocks started to take places along the trail.
We soon came to our first water crossing, dad stopped.
"Okay Kate this is it! Go along and jump on the back of the four-wheeler, hang onto my dad or the rack."
"What about you? You be careful!" Kate said loudly.
"Lick me quickly!" I said, even though my helmet was on.
Kate pointed her nose into my face and licked my nose, trying to reach my lips but the chin guard was in the way. It was then, she turned and jumped off and went over and jumped onto the back of the ATV. Dad started to cross and to my horror, the water was much higher than usual, maybe 2 feet! Kate had turned around on the ATV, gripping the rack best she could watching me.
The current did not look swift, but water could be deceiving to an experienced rider like me. I glanced up and down the stream, there was no way to cross anywhere but here. The banks were too steep everywhere else. Dad and Kate were now sitting at the top of the opposite hill waiting for me to cross, Kate watching me. I put the bike in 1st gear, gave it gas and slowly let out the clutch, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water.
The water grabbed around the tires and the spokes of the wheels, trying to pull me down, the icy cold water coming into my boots.
I stood up on the pegs and opened up the throttle. I gripped onto the handlebars firmly. I felt the rear tire churn up stones in the creek bed as it powered the bike forward. Now the front tire was safely onto the opposite side!
I shifted to 2nd gear and pulled a decent wheelie up part of the hill. I had gotten my boots and feet soaked but other than that all was good. Kate wiggled around on the back of the ATV and jumped off to climb back on my motorcycle with me. Kate rammed her nose beneath my helmet; licking my lips best she could before withdrawing, and with dad leading the way, we continued on the journey to the summit.
By the time we arrived at the summit we had covered 19.7 miles of trail, close enough to 20! There were 2 more crossings, each were easier than the first. Also a few big hills where Kate had to get off and ride with dad to the top for. At the top we turned off the machines, since there was no trees here I leaned my bike against dad's ATV. I took my gear off, dad took his helmet and gloves off. It was now mid-afternoon and soon the sun would start to set. I had hoped we would get up here in time to see it happen too.
"Wow..." Kate said, she was breathless whilst looking over the rugged mountain range that she now stood on the very top of.
"Its amazing isn't it?" I asked.
Kate nodded, still in awe.
Dad had opened the cooler and was rummaging around inside for a beer. I went over and grabbed a Root Beer, and two sandwiches I had made for me and Kate earlier. Dad had one too but I was not sure if he was hungry or not, I took them from the Zip-Lock bags and gave Kate hers and started eating mine.
I was hungry, riding that far and that long was enduring and demanded a lot of my physical strength. Soon the sandwich was gone as if it vaporized in mid-air, I downed the Root Beer and sat next to Kate on the ground watching her still eating! For the first time I had managed to eat faster than she!
"What?" Kate asked staring at me with a quizzical expression.
"Nothing, its just I am amazed that I finished eating before you! Normally its the other way around!" I replied.
"Oh yeah, well it's something with this food I think!" Kate said.
"Oh what's wrong with it?"
"What's this gooey sweet stuff? Then there's this tacky stuff that sticks to my mouth and throat..."
I was laughing. "That's peanut butter and jelly! Sorry Kate but I thought you would like it, nobody can turn down something that tasty!"
"It's fine Jon really, just I'm not used to eating things that don't have meat in them!"
"Oh I see, well it will satisfy your hunger until we get back at least." I said putting my arm around her and turning my attention to the sun as it seemed to have dropped lower in the sky.
Dad came over and sat next to me, and Kate.
"I think we will get to see a good one tonight!"
"Yes, it should be a gorgeous sunset, not a cloud to be seen!" I exclaimed.
An hour later the sun started to set behind the western horizon. It was a beautiful bright orange. The sky was ablaze too, and parts of the treetops in the lower mountain range were golden. Beyond the mountains the small farming towns scattered along the highway glittered.
"This is amazing isn't it Kate?"
"Yes, you've shown me many beautiful things Jon but this is spectacular!" Kate replied.
Kate was sitting in such a way I decided to wrap my legs around her so she was right up against me. I moved my arms around her chest and lowered myself forward onto her back, feeling her warmth. I held my head right next to hers so I could finish seeing the sunset.
It was more than halfway gone beyond the western horizon now; the bright orange growing darker, now a mild reddish hue. My dad had remained speechless and now looked over at me and Kate.
"Wow you two look so cute like that! Let me get a picture!"
Dad reached into the pocket of his jacket and pulled out his iPhone, it took really good pictures. He then stood up and walked a little ways back so me and Kate were silhouetted by the setting sun. We kept looking on into the sunset and dad took several pics, he always did so he would have a variety to choose from before downloading them onto the computer at home.
After dad was done with that he joined me and Kate and we finished watching the sun go down.
30 minutes later it was gone, only dark red on the horizon and traces of pink were left in the sky. Now we scrambled to get back to camp, dad had headlights on his ATV, but my motorcycle did not. There was enough daylight to get back to the main gravel road though if we hurried. I quickly topped off the motorcycle with gas first. After that I hastily started getting my gear on.
"Kate I want you to ride with dad okay? We don't have time to do all the stopping and going on the way back. We need to focus on getting back to the main gravel road by nightfall you see?" Kate was a little let down but agreed to ride with my dad back to camp.
I was now ready and started up my cycle and took off down the mountain, dad and Kate shortly behind me with the ATV lights on so I could see better if I needed. I knew the trail very well and had a good idea where all the bad parts were. I would go easy on slopes but on normal trail that was somewhat level I would increase speed. I crossed the first and second creek crossings with ease.
Soon as I got to the very first I waited for dad and Kate to arrive so I could have a little light to cross. When they finally arrived after a few minutes I crossed the swollen creek, and once again getting my feet soaked. The water seemed colder now, primarily because the sun was no longer up and my feet would not dry as fast.
I shook the feeling off and kept on going strong, all the way to the main gravel road.
I slowed down considerably and let dad follow me closely with the lights, it was too dark to see the road without them now. We kept the pace at 35mph I guessed all the way back to camp. By then it was dark and the moon and stars had started to come out again. The moon rising up from behind the trees and the stars starting to twinkle in the sky.
I heard Buddy's deep baying of warning, and Stormy's higher pitched bay and a woof. We must have woken them! I shut the bike off and yelled to them, "it's alright guys it just us!"
The dogs quit and now I could hear Stormy's excited yelps of happiness, knowing her master was home. Buddy did not make any sounds indicating he was happy about my return though.
I began to take all my gear off except my boots, Kate came up to me. A wave of exhaustion had already befallen me and at first I did not see her outline in front of me in the dark.
"Ahh!" I startled, then realizing who it was, "oh its you Kate; sorry about that, I'm a little tired is all."
"That's fine Jon, I am too." Kate answered.
With my gear taken off I went and released Buddy and Stormy. Taking their food dishes and filling them with dog food and setting the dishes back down on the ground for them to eat.
Dad was already in the Airstream, and by the sound of it was preparing to go to bed too. I went in and sat on my bed and began to unlace my wet boots, taking off my wet socks. I took my pants off and left only my t-shirt and undergarments on. When the two dogs finished eating I let them in and closed and locked the door to the Airstream. I then returned to bed and lay down, pulling the covers around me. I must have been shivering.
"Oh Jon, here."
Kate again got on top of me and lay down. I felt instant warmth; and comfort, my tense muscles relaxed, I tiredly put my arms around Kate's back. Stormy jumped into bed and lay next to my feet, warming them too.
"Ah that's it, you two are so good to me!" I mumbled, beginning to fall asleep.
I heard Kate's voice, "Jon what about dinner, aren't you hungry?"
"No Kate...I'm just fine..."
I fell asleep, exhaustion now gone as I entered the colorful world of dreams.
I strapped a mid-size cooler onto the front utility rack of dad's ATV. Also a small tank of gas in case I ran out, this is a long ride, about 30 miles there and the same distance back. 60 miles round trip. Dad's ATV has a 6 gallon tank and would probably only use half, my bike only has a 2 gallon tank and would need gas on the return trip. Kate had stayed in bed awhile, but now came out of the Airstream. I was sitting in my folding-chair looking at the empty fire pit, fidgeting with anticipation.
"Don't you seem excited?" Kate asked out of nowhere.
"Oh yeah, this ride will be awesome! The trails are pretty laid back for the most part but there will be spots where you will need to get off in order for me to get up some of the hills. There is also a few water crossings which you will have to get off for too. Dad can probably ferry you across them so you don't get wet."
"Is it safe?" Kate asked concerned.
"Yes it is; I have rode that trail many times before and never had trouble, just don't worry about me I can handle most anything on my bike and am a good swimmer if something happened."
"Oh okay, its just I love you so much!"
I smiled, "I know Kate; I have very fond feelings for you too, to me your safety is more important than mine! You don't have gear or a helmet like I do."
"I know but you are such a good rider and are careful with me!"
"Yep Kate, that is so true!"
Awhile later after dad woke up and was getting ready to go, Kate and I returned to the Airstream. I got into the freezer and found some pizza hot pockets. The microwave in the camper was too small to cook them both at once so I cooked one for Kate first.
"Be careful honey, the filling will be hot!"
"Okay," Kate said taking the hot pocket and holding it in her mouth waiting for it to cool a bit. When mine was done I took it out of the microwave and went over and sat on the bed. Kate jumped up and lay down, placing her food between her paws.
"Yours should be cooled enough to eat by now Kate, just be careful! The pepperonis always get me on the lip it seems like."
Kate bit into it and chewed, and swallowed it.
"It is very good and warm, not too hot at all!"
"Very well Kate, I am glad to hear that!" I said, I took a bite out of mine and found it just right too. We finished eating and then lay on the bed waiting for dad. Kate rested her head on my chest and nuzzled the bottom of my chin with her nose.
"Oh Kate! You are so sweet!"
"I know I am!"
Kate climbed on top of me; it was not sexual in any way, just a warm cuddling. She then lowered her head onto my right shoulder and rested her left cheek against the side of my face, letting out a happy sigh.
"Aw Kate! You are too good for me sometimes I think ha ha!" I laughed sarcastically. It was then my dad came out of the master bedroom and saw me and Kate laying on my bed cuddling.
"What are you guys doing?" Dad asked, "not going back to bed I hope?"
"Oh no, we were just cuddling!" I laughed. It was so nice that dad did not mind me and Kate having a relationship, he did not know however that we were intimate yet.
"Yeah okay then, lets get going shall we?"
"Yes! For sure!" I said excitedly, Kate getting off of me.
We went out and I got all my gear and helmet on.
"Dad, on the deep crossings can Kate ride with you? I cannot carry her by motorcycle across those."
"Yeah that's no problem! I used to carry old Jack all the time!"
That was good that dad would do that. It would make matters a whole lot easier for me. This trip was too long for Stormy and Buddy to come with so I tethered them to separate trees far enough apart so that they could not become entangled. Refilled their water bowls with cold, fresh water from the stream.
"Be a good girl Stormy, keep Buddy in line okay?" I asked her. Stormy wagged her tail right and left once meaning "yes", cocked hear head sideways and perked both ears. Stormy had been around me enough and she knew "yes" from "no"! Just like she knew the words "bad" or "good". I hugged and kissed her on the forehead affectionately. I then stood up and went back to my motorcycle leaning on my Bronco where Kate was waiting.
"Just saying goodbye to the dogs and giving Stormy the okay to keep Buddy in line!" I laughed.
"Will she?" Kate asked.
"Oh yes, you may not think to look at her but that little girl has a strong mind just like me and can put Buddy in his place if she has to!"
"Wow, I never thought she would be like that I guess," Kate said.
"Yes in the dog world; females are far superior to males, if you notice not often do males start fights with a female, it is against their ways."
"Really? Wow, in a wolf pack the alphas eat first during a hunt and after they are done the rest of the pack members fight over the remaining meat!"
I nodded my head, "yes, lets go shall we?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, what am I doing?" Kate hopped up onto the motorcycle, whereupon I started it. Dad got onto his ATV with his open-face helmet and sunglasses, gloves, and boots on, started it and we took off.
Going on the gravel road for ten miles went by slow. Dad led the way and he always ran about 45mph; it was just boring, I like to climb and navigate over obstacles! Along the way Kate's mouth was moving, but I could not even hope to hear her over the sound of my motorcycle. We arrived at the trail-head soon enough though.
The trail started out tame like a logging road, it got tougher as we went along though. More ruts, and rocks started to take places along the trail.
We soon came to our first water crossing, dad stopped.
"Okay Kate this is it! Go along and jump on the back of the four-wheeler, hang onto my dad or the rack."
"What about you? You be careful!" Kate said loudly.
"Lick me quickly!" I said, even though my helmet was on.
Kate pointed her nose into my face and licked my nose, trying to reach my lips but the chin guard was in the way. It was then, she turned and jumped off and went over and jumped onto the back of the ATV. Dad started to cross and to my horror, the water was much higher than usual, maybe 2 feet! Kate had turned around on the ATV, gripping the rack best she could watching me.
The current did not look swift, but water could be deceiving to an experienced rider like me. I glanced up and down the stream, there was no way to cross anywhere but here. The banks were too steep everywhere else. Dad and Kate were now sitting at the top of the opposite hill waiting for me to cross, Kate watching me. I put the bike in 1st gear, gave it gas and slowly let out the clutch, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water.
The water grabbed around the tires and the spokes of the wheels, trying to pull me down, the icy cold water coming into my boots.
I stood up on the pegs and opened up the throttle. I gripped onto the handlebars firmly. I felt the rear tire churn up stones in the creek bed as it powered the bike forward. Now the front tire was safely onto the opposite side!
I shifted to 2nd gear and pulled a decent wheelie up part of the hill. I had gotten my boots and feet soaked but other than that all was good. Kate wiggled around on the back of the ATV and jumped off to climb back on my motorcycle with me. Kate rammed her nose beneath my helmet; licking my lips best she could before withdrawing, and with dad leading the way, we continued on the journey to the summit.
By the time we arrived at the summit we had covered 19.7 miles of trail, close enough to 20! There were 2 more crossings, each were easier than the first. Also a few big hills where Kate had to get off and ride with dad to the top for. At the top we turned off the machines, since there was no trees here I leaned my bike against dad's ATV. I took my gear off, dad took his helmet and gloves off. It was now mid-afternoon and soon the sun would start to set. I had hoped we would get up here in time to see it happen too.
"Wow..." Kate said, she was breathless whilst looking over the rugged mountain range that she now stood on the very top of.
"Its amazing isn't it?" I asked.
Kate nodded, still in awe.
Dad had opened the cooler and was rummaging around inside for a beer. I went over and grabbed a Root Beer, and two sandwiches I had made for me and Kate earlier. Dad had one too but I was not sure if he was hungry or not, I took them from the Zip-Lock bags and gave Kate hers and started eating mine.
I was hungry, riding that far and that long was enduring and demanded a lot of my physical strength. Soon the sandwich was gone as if it vaporized in mid-air, I downed the Root Beer and sat next to Kate on the ground watching her still eating! For the first time I had managed to eat faster than she!
"What?" Kate asked staring at me with a quizzical expression.
"Nothing, its just I am amazed that I finished eating before you! Normally its the other way around!" I replied.
"Oh yeah, well it's something with this food I think!" Kate said.
"Oh what's wrong with it?"
"What's this gooey sweet stuff? Then there's this tacky stuff that sticks to my mouth and throat..."
I was laughing. "That's peanut butter and jelly! Sorry Kate but I thought you would like it, nobody can turn down something that tasty!"
"It's fine Jon really, just I'm not used to eating things that don't have meat in them!"
"Oh I see, well it will satisfy your hunger until we get back at least." I said putting my arm around her and turning my attention to the sun as it seemed to have dropped lower in the sky.
Dad came over and sat next to me, and Kate.
"I think we will get to see a good one tonight!"
"Yes, it should be a gorgeous sunset, not a cloud to be seen!" I exclaimed.
An hour later the sun started to set behind the western horizon. It was a beautiful bright orange. The sky was ablaze too, and parts of the treetops in the lower mountain range were golden. Beyond the mountains the small farming towns scattered along the highway glittered.
"This is amazing isn't it Kate?"
"Yes, you've shown me many beautiful things Jon but this is spectacular!" Kate replied.
Kate was sitting in such a way I decided to wrap my legs around her so she was right up against me. I moved my arms around her chest and lowered myself forward onto her back, feeling her warmth. I held my head right next to hers so I could finish seeing the sunset.
It was more than halfway gone beyond the western horizon now; the bright orange growing darker, now a mild reddish hue. My dad had remained speechless and now looked over at me and Kate.
"Wow you two look so cute like that! Let me get a picture!"
Dad reached into the pocket of his jacket and pulled out his iPhone, it took really good pictures. He then stood up and walked a little ways back so me and Kate were silhouetted by the setting sun. We kept looking on into the sunset and dad took several pics, he always did so he would have a variety to choose from before downloading them onto the computer at home.
After dad was done with that he joined me and Kate and we finished watching the sun go down.
30 minutes later it was gone, only dark red on the horizon and traces of pink were left in the sky. Now we scrambled to get back to camp, dad had headlights on his ATV, but my motorcycle did not. There was enough daylight to get back to the main gravel road though if we hurried. I quickly topped off the motorcycle with gas first. After that I hastily started getting my gear on.
"Kate I want you to ride with dad okay? We don't have time to do all the stopping and going on the way back. We need to focus on getting back to the main gravel road by nightfall you see?" Kate was a little let down but agreed to ride with my dad back to camp.
I was now ready and started up my cycle and took off down the mountain, dad and Kate shortly behind me with the ATV lights on so I could see better if I needed. I knew the trail very well and had a good idea where all the bad parts were. I would go easy on slopes but on normal trail that was somewhat level I would increase speed. I crossed the first and second creek crossings with ease.
Soon as I got to the very first I waited for dad and Kate to arrive so I could have a little light to cross. When they finally arrived after a few minutes I crossed the swollen creek, and once again getting my feet soaked. The water seemed colder now, primarily because the sun was no longer up and my feet would not dry as fast.
I shook the feeling off and kept on going strong, all the way to the main gravel road.
I slowed down considerably and let dad follow me closely with the lights, it was too dark to see the road without them now. We kept the pace at 35mph I guessed all the way back to camp. By then it was dark and the moon and stars had started to come out again. The moon rising up from behind the trees and the stars starting to twinkle in the sky.
I heard Buddy's deep baying of warning, and Stormy's higher pitched bay and a woof. We must have woken them! I shut the bike off and yelled to them, "it's alright guys it just us!"
The dogs quit and now I could hear Stormy's excited yelps of happiness, knowing her master was home. Buddy did not make any sounds indicating he was happy about my return though.
I began to take all my gear off except my boots, Kate came up to me. A wave of exhaustion had already befallen me and at first I did not see her outline in front of me in the dark.
"Ahh!" I startled, then realizing who it was, "oh its you Kate; sorry about that, I'm a little tired is all."
"That's fine Jon, I am too." Kate answered.
With my gear taken off I went and released Buddy and Stormy. Taking their food dishes and filling them with dog food and setting the dishes back down on the ground for them to eat.
Dad was already in the Airstream, and by the sound of it was preparing to go to bed too. I went in and sat on my bed and began to unlace my wet boots, taking off my wet socks. I took my pants off and left only my t-shirt and undergarments on. When the two dogs finished eating I let them in and closed and locked the door to the Airstream. I then returned to bed and lay down, pulling the covers around me. I must have been shivering.
"Oh Jon, here."
Kate again got on top of me and lay down. I felt instant warmth; and comfort, my tense muscles relaxed, I tiredly put my arms around Kate's back. Stormy jumped into bed and lay next to my feet, warming them too.
"Ah that's it, you two are so good to me!" I mumbled, beginning to fall asleep.
I heard Kate's voice, "Jon what about dinner, aren't you hungry?"
"No Kate...I'm just fine..."
I fell asleep, exhaustion now gone as I entered the colorful world of dreams.