Today was supposed to involve painting by a waterfall, a picnic lunch in an old medrasa and a visit to a granary (agadir) as well as stops along the way between Tata and Igherm to view, photograph and paint the unusual mountains of the Anti-Atlas.

But alas sleepless nights for 14 of us and very queasy tummies called for a late checkout from Foum Zguid and a straight through drive to Taroudant — our last stop on this leg of the tour.

No painting but we did call in to see the waterfall (more of a cascade) which was no longer crystal clear thanks to recent rains so would not have been very picturesque to paint anyway.

Lunch, thanks to Imane, was a pinic in a riad Walid (one of our drivers) found in Tata.  The scenery after lunch was just awesome.  Hopefully I can post a pic or two later.

Closer to Taroudant we saw the goats in the branches of the argan trees that look as if they are cardboard cutouts popped in the branches to amuse the tourists.

Everyone loved the two riads last night (Wednesday, Oct 12).  Needless to say, it was early to bed for most of us.