Our Town #3
How high is Ashland? Wikipedia says 1853 feet. I say it depends on who you ask. Some people in Ashland are Very high. i say it depends on when you ask them. Festival season in Ashland can get Really high, especially the Fourth of July. I say it depends on where you ask them. Some parts of Ashland are higher than others. In fact, sometimes the snow will stick in only half your yard! There will be a straight line through your neighborhood with an inch of snow on one side and bare green grass on the other.
I say it can depend on Why you ask them. Who are you? The FBI? "Hey, Everybody! These guys are the FBI!" Honestly, I shouted that at a local pub one time when the FBI came through town trying to buy mushrooms. After that, they had a real hard time getting high in Ashland. Usually it's not the FBI, but some tourist hoping to find pot. They see me wearing my pot-leaf t-shirt and think I know where to get some weed.
One time the tourist needed not pot, but a pipe to smoke it in. I ran into the kitchen of the restaurant where I worked, asked Bob the line cook what we might be able to use for a pipe, came out with a hollowed-out apple with a pastry tube tip for a bowl and that tourist got me Really stoned!