Since my previous post, I’ve traveled six times. Four times to the past, ranging from about six hours to a max of 15 years (I spent almost three days in 1993 – more on that coming – what a trip!). I traveled to the future twice, once about 18 hours and once just over a year. Those trips were really quick, about 5 minutes each in length.
I’m trying to figure out why trips to the future are so brief, if in fact that’s the case. So far, it has been. I will say I believe it’s an internal thing, because I’m in no way comfortable in the future. In fact, it’s decidedly uncomfortable. There seems to be a tension in the air, an almost-audible shrieking in my head as if my body is saying what the hell are you doing here? I tend to pop back pretty quickly, and the shrieking (which I can never quite hear, but definitely feel) subsides. I never feel that way in the past.
Maybe it’s a metaphor for how uncomfortable we humans are with the unknown. I’ve always been at least a little adventurous, and never fearful traveling someplace new. But the future is just a place that doesn’t feel right. Probably just me.
And probably just as well that I’m not there very long. I didn’t have time to read what “President Obama” was talking about in the article I clicked on during my 3 minutes in 2009 last week. 
There you go, a rare spoiler. When am I going to remember to click on the California Lottery website instead of the news when I go to the future!
So what now (or then)? Have you gone into the future and not come back? Are you stuck in an infinite loop sometime, just existing over and over in the same few minutes as your future self goes into the past? There’s a theory that if you time travel, it is into one of many possible futures or pasts, and if you come back you may not come back to the same present, but one of many possible ones. Hope you are not lost in another dimension somewhere. If so, I hope it is a nice one!
I hope the same thing.
If Rich isn’t back in the next couple weeks, I’m going to Belton to see if I can find any more evidence that he was there. Some notes he left about his plans suggest I may be able to find some clues to what happened. I’ll post what I find.