Although the weather is fine here in Taroudant, clouds cover the mountains and the forecast is bleak. We decide on a less dangerous route as there is snow falling on the high pass. Even so we still face a ride over a lower pass of 1000 mtrs where we climb up into the clouds and the temperature again drops to below 3 degrees, the rain falls, and we are faced with some difficult riding over the wet slippery gravel strewn twisting roads.
Once over the mountains we opt again for a less dangerous highway road which takes us to our lunch stop. after which it brightens for a while and we have a reasonable dry ride until we get to the outskirts of Marrakesh where it pores down, and then rains on an off till we get to the hotel.
I was surprised that even near Marrakesh on the north side of the Atlas mountains that the vegetation is still very sparse and desert like, as we near Marrakesh there are some cultivated areas but only because they are irrigated.
not many photo's today as we didn't stop too much, my boots are holding up so far, and I am drying my wet riding gear, rest day tomorrow in Marrakesh.
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