Date Farm Adventure

On the second day, most of us woke up at 7 O’clock sharp. But some of the people were still sleeping. Everyone headed to the bathroom to wash and after we had a nice breakfast. Then Ms.Pollock announced that we’re going to the Date Farm. She told our groups that we’re going to ride with in 4X4. There were 15 groups. Some of the groups had girls and boys mixed.

We started to head to the Date Farm which took us about 20 to 30 minutes. The roads were not built so it was bumpy all the way. Some men were working on the road.
When we arrived at the Date Farm, we had to walk in. We saw the ashes from a burnt tree. We saw some big oranges on the way to inside. There were tons of them hanging at the tree. Some of us took the ones that fell down and ate it. They said it was very sour and sweet. Some other said that it was too sour to eat. Then we saw some moldy oranges that were gray and brownish.
When we reached inside we took some time to work on our naturalist log. It was very
peaceful. We took about 30 minutes on our naturalist log. Then some people
needed the bathroom. There were no bathrooms at the farm so they had to go behind a bush. When we got out of the farm we rode 4X4 again and went to the wadi. The roads were very bumpy and there were a lot of stones that covered the whole place. And that rocks made the cars go up and down. Also, one big rock made one car have a flat tire. Mr.Houlihan was riding in that car. We interviewed him how he felt when he got a flat tire. He said, "At first I did not know why our car has stopped. When I got out and saw the flat tire I was shocked! I still don't know how it happened. We were lucky because it was quick to fix. It could always be worse."

When the tire was fixed we went to the wadi. But we stopped for quick lunch. After having a light lunch we started to walk into the wadi. Arman, Zayd, and Khayre will talk more about the wadi.

BY Yeo Jin and Nicholas.L