MY WORK COMMUTE TO SEATTLE IS NOT PRETTY. HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS FLANK INTERSTATE 5, GARBAGE SPILLS DOWN A HILL NEXT TO AN OVERPASS. I WITNESSED OTHER EXTREMES IN WHEAT COUNTRY ACROSS THE STATE. THE LAND IS PRISTINE. THAT'S WHY I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A LITTER A CREW WORKING STATE ROUTE 272 NEAR THE TOWN OF PALOUSE. AS I DROVE BY THEY LOOKED UP AND WAVED. THIS IS THE HEART BEAT OF AMERICA I'VE BEEN MISSING. I'M THANKFUL IT STILL EXISTS
