Tour Diary 26

Tour Diary – 26

The pictures are of the amazing café ChaCha’s décor in Haight Ashbury.  These huge collages were all around the walls.

We found a relative of ‘Alan the Gopher’ – stuffed I’m afraid… in a taxidermy shop and Steve couldn’t resist capturing the image

( Taxidermy shops really give me the creeps.. What a weird way to make a living!)

I’ve also added on a few more lovely comments to our tour and a review done by a journalist after the Ozark conference.

Steve’s You Tubes have now been viewed by over 96,000 people or ‘hits’.  (Makes the 30 people in Denny’s seem like small fry!)

I am amazed at how many people come up to us at talks and tell me how much Steve’s You Tube videos have helped them to come to terms with their own Experiences and how they don’t know what they would have done without his help…

He also now has over 1,800 subscribers for his You Tube vids as they come out.

Tour Diary 26 – The Big Sur stories – Big Dipper – Artistic Weird Synchronicity  and Chuck Jones…

Travelling down the coast

There are so many things to comment on traveling down the coast that I could be writing for weeks but a few things stood out which I will jot down.

The overwhelming thing has been the incredible Flowers and foliage.  As an ardent gardener, all my life, I am just completely amazed at the love and care taken to delight the eyes all the way.  The main surprise has been the wild flowers growing on all the verges of these very long motorways, which in themselves are a total delight too.  Smooth, wide, well maintained and the driving of others thoughtful, studied and well-mannered.   Yesterday was the first time I saw a driver cut up another and zig and zag through the traffic dangerously.  The first time in all our weeks here!.  At home on the M 25 it is every other driver.

I was told that the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson started the planting of wild flowers along the verges of motorways and so it has been a huge success.  The majority of these little wild flowers are lilac, pink or white and they can be in individual swathes of colour or mixed in huge carpets and they just go on for miles.  Then in the towns the inhabitants take great care to plant up their own verges outside their houses, not just in the grounds inside their walls and these then are bourgainvillea and masses of red and purple bushes.  Coupled with the natural tropical trees and huge succulents everywhere I am just mesmerized and entranced as we drive along.  I have the camera when we are driving, as although Steve is pretty much just steering and nothing else on our lovely automatic car, I baulk at him filming at the same time!

But he says I should stop taking pictures of waves crashing and flowers as it will take him forever to edit. Especially since I put the camera down and I have sometimes not turned it off properly and so he has to edit minutes of my lap or my pretty toes!!

Yesterday also, I tried really hard to capture the pelicans, which have also so delighted me.  But they are very difficult to capture on film.

They have been with us since Texas, not the same ones I don’t think!! But flocks of them.  Yesterday we took a break on a beach so that Steve could fly his kite and chill out and I once again sat entranced watched them.  This time however, there were a number of flocks, which ended up amalgamating.  They seemed to bash into to each other.. fly around for ages trying to get themselves sorted in in doing so are making strange letter formations before finally deciding how they are going to fly together.  One of them nearly decapitated itself by flying too near to Steve’s Kite line.  So I was a bit concerned about that.  Then as I watched the flock made a perfect S shape in the air and I was thinking ‘How cool is that!!’… when they regrouped into the usual V formation but… there were 2 birds right in the middle and so they had formed a perfect A!!  As I was sitting there being amazed at this I suddenly thought.. perhaps they are trying to tell us something and I burst out laughing … if you re-arranged the 2 letters and extend the vowel sounds  you get a perfect…. A…SS…  I think they were making a comment on Steve and his kite!!

Then as I continued to watch the space they were flying in I saw a strange phenomena with some planes.  Steve had said the day before that he thought we should start to see some UFO’s within the next few days, so I have been watching the skies more than usual.

A plane caught my eye because  behind it, and so close as to be dangerous, I saw what appeared to be a shiny light.  I presumed it must be a helicopter and plane flying together although I couldn’t imagine why.  As the plane flew along the light/helicopter disappeared which is what made me sit up and take notice for its weirdness.  Then the plane appeared to just stop in mid air.  I know this can look this way when they are actually moving away from you so that is what I thought it was doing.  However, it then went back exactly the way it had just come from.  Steve commented that it was probably just making a turn to land at the airport.  O.K. then, but when I looked again it had turned back and was going again in the first line I saw it on.  Right then, I thought, this is REALLY WEIRD so I focused harder and it disappeared!  There was a crystal clear blue sky, not a single cloud and it was just gone.  Steve said it must be there you are just not seeing it.

I stared and noticed another plane coming in from the left on the same path obviously coming from the airport I was thinking, and so I watched that, still looking out for the disappeared plane and then when it got into the same area of sky, it too just disappeared.

This happened three times and no matter how hard I scanned the sky these planes were there one minute and then the next they were gone.

I cannot explain what I saw and I also cannot explain what was on the tail of the first plane when it first caught my eye… A most peculiar aerospace anomaly..

So moving on…  Steve reeled in his Kite.. the pelicans kept out of his way and we got back in the car…

Foliage… kite flying and pelicans it doesn’t get much better than that unless it is looking out of your Hotel Window in Pismo bay and seeing dolphins and sea otters swimming by.. that does cap it all a little bit!

In Santa Cruz – a gorgeous little town with the most beautiful shops and restaurants and again fantastic tree planting and foliage all along its streets… we took a short break so that I could go to the Boardwalk and have a ride on one of the oldest Big Dippers in the world.  It was opened in 1924 and is deemed by Roller Coaster fanatics… (I kid you not, they travel the world riding Roller coasters)… I’d have to say.. ‘Get a life’.. but anyway they say that this one is the best.

We were only going to stop for this event for me and the timing was so crucial although we did not know that at the time.  After my ride we were moving on down the coast and would not be coming back this way so it was a one off chance.  By the time we got there and had a late lunch we didn’t get to the Boardwalk until late afternoon.  We strolled along the lovely art deco boardwalk looking for the entrance to the big dipper and finally found our way to pay for my ticket and to find the access to the ride.  Steve really wanted to join me, but gets so sick on these rides that I knew it would be a solitary affair.

I got in the queue.. me first and chatted with the attendant who told me I was in the best position as I could get into the front car.  Either the front or back was the best place to sit.  Great then.. As I walked to the front car.. two mean little gate crashers ran past me and got in the first car!!  If they hadn’t have been so young – about 8 or 9 I could have got into a fight and staked my claim.  As it was I threatened to get in the car with them, which really threw them…

But it added to my joy to see them screaming and enjoying the trip so much just a few feet in front of me.

I’m not sure how I managed to stay in my seat as this is a completely wooden track and it goes at over 40 m.p.h. very rattling.. Over some of the bumps I literally came up out of the seat and only the bar keeps you in.  I didn’t bother to look for Steve, I was supposed to wave for the camera it took all my concentration to convince myself that…’This soon will be over and you will be back on dry land and in one piece and it cannot possibly get more manic or higher or lower that this… etc..’

I survived it .. just and we had got there at 4.55 p.m. and my ride was the last one of the day before it shut down.  So when Steve said ..”Would you like to go again”  I had to say… “Ah no, unfortunately it is closing, otherwise of course I would love to ride again”

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH Saved by the bell in the nick of time!

I, of course, told Steve it was magical.. I didn’t mention that I nearly got into a punch-up with two 8 year olds.. too undignified…

Santa Cruz Big Dipper… made it just in time and I can now cross that one off my bucket list.  It’s made me think I might like to revise my list of 1,000’s of things I want to do on my bucket list before I leave the planet.  Some of them might not be such good ideas as I first thought!  Sky diving, bungee jumping and kite-surfing spring to mind.

The Boardwalk also boasts one of only 6 Charles Looff Carousels, which I also love although I think now the carousel animals  are too high for me to climb on.  We saw another lovely one in Texas and I should have photographed a really cute little Japanese boy who had had his face painted as a white tiger and who found a white tiger to sit on.. a magical moment…

Outside of Santa Cruz I was trying to guide us to the Mystery Spot but we couldn’t find the signs for it.  Here the laws of physics don’t seem to apply as trees grow in really weird contorted corkscrew shapes and balls roll uphill.  Some of the pictures we have seen of this place are so peculiar, it looks like the people are leaning over at a 45 degree angle.  There are reputed to be vortexs there, but it seemed to be also secret as well as Mysterious as we couldn’t find it.

Another strange event took place on the pier in Santa Barbara another gorgeous little place – so many of them along this exquisite coastline.

We had gone into a little pier shop selling shells.  I love to look at them even though I feel sad that they are on sale. 

One of those weird paradoxes of life.  Love it but hate it at the same time.

As we entered the shop the shop owner/sales assistant (I wasn’t sure which) was talking with a person at the counter and we heard… UFO’s.  So our ears pricked up and we moved towards the group and they continued to speak about the phenomenon of ET’s and how we are not alone.  The owner looked at Steve and said..”and you sir, do you have something to add to that” and I was amazed to hear Steve say.. ‘Yes, I am an ET Experiencer of 50 years and they are very real”

Steve never talks about being an Experiencer unless he is with other Experiencers or Researchers of the subject matter, he just doesn’t…. as he cannot be bothered trying to prove his case.  With all the people here in the USA asking him why we are  here and what his book is about, he is only saying about the final parts of the book, which is about human evolution- (except for last night in an art shop and I will write about that later..)

The young man then said… ‘Ah here we have a synchronistic event which must be celebrated because you coming in here and interacting with our conversation was not by accident’ and he handed Steve a brown envelope, which looked like a greeting card.  I was looking forward to chatting some more, but Steve just walked out the shop and the man did not in fact look like he expected to have more conversation.

So I asked to look at the card, which is a very elaborated printed up affair which says…

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

synchronicity

Alexandre Phillipe

Chance/deliberate human interaction

Edition of 3,000,000

Alexandre Phillipe

(signature of the artist)

This document certifies that the event which

just happened is an original art work of

Alexandre Phillipe

How very peculiar.  Steve did not seem at all phased by it and was not surprised, as I was, that he spoke to strangers about his being an Experiencer and we just walked on…  He said ‘Annie it was just one of those things’

What happened last night when he spoke about the actual facts of his book, occurred here in San Diego where we are at the moment.  We had gone out to eat in the lovely old part of town called Gas Lamp.  As we strolled along the wonderful streets we came across a fantastic art shop selling all the art works and prints of Chuck Jones.  Chuck Jones created the ‘Roadrunner’, ‘Bugs Bunny’, and many more iconic cartoon characters which I remember so well from my childhood.  I just loved them all and the receptionist was a lovely lady who really knew her stuff about his life and work.  Although she herself was an actor who had done a years exchange at RADA when she was doing her MA in Dramatic Art, so she must have been good.  (She went on to say that her creativity now was in bringing up 2 small children which was a lovely thing to say)

She asked why we were here and when Steve said he had written a book she asked what it was about and I was surprised that he told her straight away and we both then just wait for the response. 

She was completely non-plussed and said the Chuck Jones was a great believer in UFO’s and ET’s and had been all his life and had created his character ‘Marvin the Martian’ after the 1947 Roswell event as he lived in the area at that time and knew all about the crashed craft and the retrieval of the ET bodies.  She said that George Lucas had ‘stolen’ the headmask from ‘Marvin the Martian’ for Darth Vader in Star Wars.. Wow… I just love all these connections.  I also would have loved to have bought an original or  even a print.  There was a beautiful one called ‘Bear hug’ of a huge stuffed animal bear cuddling a tiny boy.  I would have liked to have bought one for each of my nieces but even the prints were out of our price range and the original sketches started in the hundreds of dollars.

The receptionist said that the child was Chuck’s grandson who is now the CEO of the company.  How lovely to have your childhood image captured in such a loving way…

More lovely supporting comments and a newspaper article after the Ozark conference

“How is Steven's U.S. tour coming along? Have there been exciting experiences to report?  He is such an inspiration. You are such a great support to him ~what a blessing the pair of you are to others~what a breath of fresh air to those of us who share similar histories and experiences. I suppose there are many geniune Experiencers in the world but it is difficult to find one so open and honest about things who isn't easily shaken or disturbed or otherwise angry, depressed or purely in it for profit... your Steven being a reasonable & true messenger is a rare one among us indeed”

“Wow Anne thanks for the 4 orb pics. They are definitely with you both – all the way.  The 1st shot where Steve was circled within their energy was superb.  When we call they do come down and allow themselves to be photographed……thinking of u both everyday…no need to reply  Lots of Love” 

Carroll County News.

On the other end of the spectrum, UFO Abductee/ET contact Steven Jones from the UK spoke about having been abducted since the age of five in 1962.

He talked about how his first contacts were with the short, robotic "Greys" and how as a child he didn't fear them but came to fear his experiences as a teenager.

He said in 2001, the Greys "stepped behind the barrier and the 'Light Beings' stepped in."

He described them as more than 9 feet tall and "otherworldly," having a humanoid shape but filled with sparkly lights.

His most recent contacts have been with "human-appearing ETs, stunningly beautiful," having blond hair and blue eyes. He said they are advanced in science, and their emotional range is different.

"They are, after all, alien."

This contact started in February, he said.

He said he has been aboard alien craft and seen hybrid human/ET fetuses in "fish tanks." He also played with hybrid children. He has also been taken to a crystalline planet that seems to be a meeting place.

"The ETs want us to stop being fearful," he said. "They've done procedures, but nothing different from what happens in a hospital. They've never hurt me."

He said the ETs are all around us and do attend UFO conferences, along with members of clandestine agencies.

"Our awakening is about how we treat ourselves, each other and the planet," Jones said. "ET contact is about us becoming aware of our full potential."

He said the ETs have told him that what will happen over the next few years is an awakening of the 90 percent of our DNA that we don't use, what scientists call "junk DNA."

He called that 90 percent "the sleeping element that will be the fundamental element of our awakening."

He said the existence of the ether field was proven in 1986 and published in an article in "Nature."

"The ether field connects everything. You can affect things, but you have to speak from the correct language -- the language from the heart. We lose the ability to speak from our hearts. Be aware of what we say and how we say it. It's about intention. Intention is stimulating the evolutionary process.

"The eyes of the universe are fixed firmly on us. This planet is not in the boondocks."

Other conference speakers included Travis Walton, of "Fire in the Sky" fame; Kathy Marden, niece of Betty and Barney Hill, the couple who claimed to be abducted in 1961; and Linda Moulton Howe, an internationally known UFO and crop circle researcher who has spoken at this conference for many years.

For more information about the annual conference, visit ozarkufo.com.

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