Back in September 19, 1985, John Denver, Dee Snyder, and Frank Zappa found themselves collaborating with each others; when Tipper Gore had a proposal that would place some sort of parental advisory on their songs.

John Denver faced the first censorship when Tipper Gore went out to censor his song, Rocky Mountain High. The reason for them banning the song, “Rocky Mountain High”, was because they felt it pushed drugs used.

At that time, Tipper Gore was more famous than her husband, Senator Al (I discovered the internet) Gore.

Also back then, the Democrats was pro-family and anti-drugs. Whereas now, the Democrats is more in favor of drug use, such as marijuana.

Who hasn’t seen the Rocky Mountain up close? They are very beautiful and breathtaking. A person can just get high on the beauty of the mountain.

I knew a pastor who would love to go up into the mountain to get closer with Jesus. It gave him a spiritual high.

Who haven’t had such a spiritual high like that? A high a person get without the use of drugs.

I have to admit,even though I was in a car accident coming down from Mount Rainier, the beauty of the mountain was breathtaking. I can see how John Denver felt when he wrote the song, “Rocky Mountain High.” It was a natural high a person get when in touch with nature.

When I took a train out West to Washington, and we went through Glacier National Park, I fell in love with it. It was breathtaking! I would love to have my sister to also see Glacier National Park as well. I believe that she would fall in love with it as much as I did. It was a natural high I got from seeing the view. That’s one of the things on my bucket list when I retire, is to take a train to Glacier National Park and even have my sister come along to see it as well. I could just retire there in a cabin, and live like Grizzly Adams.

The only problem is that I would prefer that the Progressive Left would stay the hell out of there; so that they do not ruin the beauty. Whenever people moved from the cities to the small town or countryside, they have to bring a piece of the city with them. That’s just destroyed the tranquility you find in the countryside and small town.

Have you ever felt a spiritual high?

I remembered one year after going to a revival service in a Nazarene church during the week. I was on a natural high after I left; but then I went to a Lutheran church the following Sunday,and it felt like I fell from the mountain. I don’t know how else to explain that feeling; but while listening to the song, “Rocky Mountain High”, that is the best way for me to explain it.

I don’t need drugs to get me high on life. Just give me the natural high you get from either being in the mountains, by a lake, in a small town; the countryside. When a person is sick, and they would go outside breathing air that ain’t breathed before, it’s natural high that will do more wonders for you than what any doctors can prescribe for you and your ailments.

Every summer, I tried to get out to Lake Geneva near Alexandria, Minnesota for camp. I find that going there for District Assembly for my church is less stressful than when they had it in Jamestown. Everything was there, your room and board. You can just relax your mind and your spirit from the cares of the world around you. You don’t have to think at all about what may be stressing you out. Lake Geneva is very beautiful lake. It takes your breath away. It’s not overcrowded like Detroit Lakes. Lakes that are popular hangout for people from the cities, get easily ruined. They just take away the tranquility and peace of mind.

No wonder Jesus told his disciples to take off without him; so he can just get the alone time he needed to relax his mind and spirit.

Another thing I loved doing in the summer is when my sister and I would go to Park Rapids, just to get the hell out of town. You get a natural spiritual high you cannot get from being in the city, even Fargo,North Dakota. During the Pandemic, we went to Park Rapids to get away from all the craziness in Fargo. One of my cousin chewed us out because of it.

After reading all 4 part in this series, I hope that you can get my point I was getting at. There’s nothing like living in a small town or the country. There’s nothing like being in the mountains or by a lake to get high on life. It’s way better than any drugs either illegal or prescribe by these so-called doctors out there. When the world seems to have gone crazy in these major cities; whenever you can get the hell out of town by either going to a small town, countryside,the lake or the mountain, just do it. Now you know why I prefer a cabin in the woods. I can understand the spiritual high John Denver got from the Colorado Rocky. I can understand why my dad would say, “I didn’t missed anything in Fargo.”

Just give me a home where the buffalo roam and I will die a happy man!