Today we drove across the High Atlas Mountains, crossing through many climates. The mountains are high enough to still have snow on the peaks, and at the top of Tichka Pass, the road is 7,345 feet in elevation. On the coastal side, the mountains are verdant with pines and poplars, as well as poppies and other wildflowers, with some cactus mixed in. On the other side, they are mostly bare with low scrub brush. The earth is a rich red color, until at some point you start getting more and more yellow or white earth. A valley on the far side has a salty river running through it with a band of green along it, where small villages are home to lots of sheep and goats and people who wash their linens in the river. In between a couple of awesome historic sights, we also visited a bootleg salt mine and got a small block of salt from the miners.
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