I always loved the drive up Comptche-Ukiah Rd. from Mendocino to Comptche, especially in the early autumn. Here, the maple trees along the Albion River would turn their bright colors and make splashes of color along a dark, evergreen forest pathway. I missed the changing of the leaves that we had on the East Coast, and this seemed like God was giving me a gift and saying He remembered how much those colors meant to me.