The farmland becomes more expansive, and crops begin to appear along the lines. The pebbly river beds are warm cradles for watermelons. The climate of Taitung county is dry, so the watermelons produced here are particularly sweet, and plump, as well. In midsummer, the dry valley is covered with a multitude of fat, cute melons.
自此而往，地勢漸趨平緩，腹地較大，沿線開始出現農作，像遍佈砂礫的河岸，是西瓜生長的溫床，台東氣候又乾燥，生產的西瓜甜度高而且肥碩，時值盛夏，溪谷中盡是一粒粒白胖可愛的大西瓜。