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Morocco Day 6

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 We woke up at 6:10 to try and catch the sunrise. It was still very windy and cloudy so there wasn’t much to see. I saw some flashes of lighting in the distance. The Atlas Mountains were getting lots of snow so the wind was residual from the mountain storm. overcast and windy some desert plants enternace to our hotel  We had breakfast at 7:30 before meeting up at 8:30 for a 4x4 Landcruiser excursion. First we headed to an irrigated farming area that took water from the ground and funneled it to a large enclosed area. It created an oasis. Vegetables, dates, and alfalfa are grown here for the locals who live in the area.  on the way to the oasis The water from this stream somes from the underground irrigation system, and is the main stream that is then pulled from for the differnt crops. It goes a long ways the date trees lots of land! some sun came out, but still windy and clouds building in the mountains See those clounds! Next we piled back into the van for a fun dune ri...