While living in Kenya for four months, I was able to go on three safaris to Meru National Park, Samburu National Reserve, and Hell’s Gate National Park. At Hell’s Gate we biked through the park among all of the animals and took a hike through a slot canyon that was the inspiration for the wildebeest stampede scenery in The Lion King. It start pouring rain during our climb out of the canyon and the bike paths were flooded in water up to our thighs on the route back. We had to get back to Nairobi so we trudged through anyway. It was an unforgettable day.