Power Outages, Power Driving, Power Boats and Powerful vistas

Accustomed to power outages I've become (that sentence seems Yotaesque). Reclined, typing away, tucked into the large and worn off-white leather sofa, the lights sputter. A regular occurance sitting at dinner or working from behind a computer screen the energy infrastructure is not very reliable but power is secondary when you are nestled in the grasps of the wild and the vastness of the Great Rift Valley (GRV- they don't use this acronym but I will rock it). An hour's drive from Nairobi the GRV (see saved you a few milliseconds that you just wasted reading this) and the great lakes region of Kenya lies wide open like the mouth of a child awaiting the spoon aircraft to deposit tasty morsels. The dwarfing backdrops of cloud piercing volcanic mountains, sheer cliff like gashes torn into the bedrock, inflict awe inspiring reflection. God's power and glory, painted on the landscape and molded in the beasts that traverse this land. Getting their is the first challenge, by car, by driving, by ourselves(without our reliant driver)....