These pictures were taken the last week of September when the trees were just beginning to change color

Ditto

The pictures are not as vivid as I wanted, to show you how there were just fields of goldenrod wild weeds. I could not believe how much there was this year

Look how low the clouds are--it rained a lot the first week we were on our mission. The rain literally followed us from Arizona to Utah, to Colorado, to Kansas, Illinois, Ohio and then to Pa.