Setting out from Midelt I choose the route R502 North to go visit my other berber family, as I also have photos and a football for them.

The route has some bland parts to it and it seems after my high Atlas experiences here we see more hardship in the faces. I pass a beautiful town (I think Imouzzèr-des-Marmoucha) and stop for coffee. I am pressing on hard, making up many kilometers and travelling through some amazing mountain passes.

On route I make contact with some serious snow:

I visit my Berber family, they are happy to see their return visitor, but I decide not to stay the night, but instead to head on to Fez, driving a good part in darkness. Why did I do that?