As we left Stanley and continued west and south and while still in the national forest, I felt like crying when we saw the damage done by the Lowman fires some time ago. But there was new life growing and I knew that in time it would be beautiful again; that is nature's plan. 

A little further when we left the national forest, I felt sick. Here and there were run down, un loved houses with each with a yard full of trash surrounding the house for a good part of an acre. Junk cars, rusted lawn equipment, a rusted old washing machine left where it was tossed years ago, trailers, tools and whatever littered the area. Why would anyone want to live in the beauty of that place and yet trash it like that? There ought to be a law. 

On our way to Moscow, Idaho, from Glenns Ferry we stopped in Cascade for a couple of days and one day we took a drive to Warm Lake which was again part of the Boise National Forest.  We stopped at a scenic spot which had a wide pull out. We wanted to have a moment to enjoy that special spot. But there at the edge of the parking area was trash all over the place. It looked like people stopped to eat lunch there and threw out what was left as though it was their own personal garbage can. I couldn't photograph it all; it was just too ugly.