LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 28 Check out this week’s short tech review on this amazing game-changer for my mobile internet setup!! I’m switching my iPad Pro sim over to a mobile hotspot in order to maintain a constant internet connection for the Airstream. While I finally found a truly unlimited carrier plan with AT&T’s FirstNet (https://www.firstnet.com), the problem still remains that I have continued to use

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 27 Check out this week’s short tech review!! I love things that simplify or streamline a process and this magnetic charging iPhone 12 mount is AWESOME!! Now mounting and dismounting the iPhone in the car is a truly one-handed process. Check out the WAITIEE Magnetic Wireless Car Charger on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3jDpHXN. Be creative and find your adventure this week!! ✌️😎 RELATED

LOCATION Valley of the Gods, Utah while on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 26 This week brings a return to one of my all-time favorite places . . . Valley of the Gods in Utah for a virgin trip with my new Santa Cruz Hightower mountain bike which came this week. This brings a great opportunity to geo-map the Valley of the Gods Road for other RV'ers so the pullouts and features are easier identified. Be creative and find your a

LOCATION Sedona Arizona while on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 25 Biking is one of best ways to see a city (or small town with limited parking) with improvement freedom of movement. This week took me to Sedona on a mission to knock out two more bucket list items - checking out The Chapel of the Holy Cross and getting my first tattoo. More discussion about the tattoo design and meaning in the BLOG post linked below as well a

LOCATION Grand Canyon National Park and Homolovi State Park while on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 24 On the way back from hiking the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Trail, I noticed a sign for “Skydive the Grand Canyon” and I thought this would be an epic experience (a friend of mine recently did a jump over Yosemite as well) and since skydiving was on my list for this year, I thought why not? I also visited Homolovi State Park, o

LOCATION Grand Canyon National Park while on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 23 This week brought the completion of one of my major goals for this year - hiking The Grand Canyon Rim to Rim southbound from North Kaibab to Bright Angel Trail (26.5 miles, almost 4,000 calories, 5,000 feet of elevation gain from 4am to 4pm with an hour break for lunch at Phantom Ranch - I hiked on Monday May 17th, 2021). This was an absolutely as

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 22 I’ve been debating on this for the last six months or more but I finally pulled the trigger. The main debate was whether to go with the external or internal Clearsource RV filter. Because we’ve just finished up with freezing conditions here in Gallup, that was my main concern with going with an external filter as this would have required some sort of heated housing in addition to

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 21 Life has been kind of off-track since coming back from South Carolina (I went straight into another run of 5 nights at work and somehow never got caught up on sleep), so this week was a bit low on adventure as I used the days off to try to get life back to some sort of consistency. I thought you might be interested in the limits of the Airstream Dometic heat pumps so I talk about

LOCATION Albuquerque, New Mexico while on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 20 For my day off this week, we used an appointment for Hiker in Albuquerque to visit Fort Union National Monument and the fourth area of Petroglyph National Monument - The Volcanoes Day Use Area. I also show the unboxing and demo of the DJI OM 4 iPhone Gimbal - replacing my DJI Osmo Mobile 3 which after dropping I was unable to repair. Fort Union Natio

LOCATION Greenville South Carolina while on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 19 I had an amazing trip home - sorry I didn’t shoot much family footage as this seemed rude and I wanted to be truly focused on them and catching up with their lives. This was my first visit back since October of 2019, over a year and a half later. I got to meet several nieces and nephews I’ve only barely met and several I haven’t met at all before.

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG | EP 18 This was a bit of short week as I just finished 5 days on shift at work. One of my favorite convenience-enhancing items of the last few months has been magnetic charging cables and I give a quick rundown in this video. Magnetic Charging Cable [4-Pack,1ft/3ft/6ft/6ft], Terasako 3-in-1 Nylon Braided Cord, Compatible with Mirco USB, Type C Smartphone and iProduct Device USB C Car Ch

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG This last week was Project Week for modifications around the Airstream. First, I repair the broken bolt sleeve for the Airstream door deadbolt. Second, I finish the conversion of one of the lower cabinets to a drawer system for shoe storage. And third, I revamp and clean up my Airstream mobile office setup with the under-dinette installation of a slim laptop and electronics storage drawe

LOCATION Petroglyph National Monument | Albuquerque, NM While on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG Join me for a virtual hike and just a lot of walking and talking while I explore several sites of Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque New Mexico. An absolutely beautiful sunny day while Hiker was getting a check up at Banfield. I was here on a rather cloudy day back in 2019 but it was fun come back and re-explore this awesome l

LOCATION Valley of the Gods, Utah While on contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG For the longest time, I’ve avoided extended trips because I hate moving the camper (prior to this contract the parks in California were smaller and cramped so moving often would have been stressful). I’m one of those people who like home situated just so and feel out of sorts when home is not put together. I consider taking a tent and car camping but then I

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG Just a quick update this week because the next week off will be a big one - also comparing the iPhone XS MAX with DJI Osmo Mobile 3 to the Canon R5. Stayed tuned next week for the first time boondocking (dry camping) with the Airstream and a big photography trip to Valley of the Gods in Utah with some awesome drone and time lapse footage as well as hopefully some night photography with t

Don’t be grossed out - this is the down and dirty of daily life. After years of dealing with this issue, I’ve finally found a solution that works!! As someone who sweats a lot (probably from drinking too much coffee) and who wears a lot of dark clothes, I’ve dealt with sweat stains on dark clothing for a long time. Stains may be due to the deodorant residue or to the salt content in sweat itself but regardless this does not seem to be removed by your typical laundry detergent

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER VLOG This stretch of time off work has been a busy but awesome adventure. I started the week by getting up early and heading to Red Rock Park to get more familiar with my drone and test some intelligent flight modes as well as my new Canon RF 50mm lens and the Peak Design Carbon Fiber Tripod. The lens has some focus wobble and is too close in for VLOG work but otherwise I was very happy with

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) INFORMATION A quick installation of some LED strip lighting for the Airstream bathroom. LOVED this upgrade!! Sometimes it’s the smallest things that make a big difference. The ceiling lighting in the Airstream bathroom does little for counter or cabinet lighting. When I changed rigs (from the previously semi-totaled RPOD to the Airstream) I brought some portable LED lights with me (several motion sensor bat

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN TRAVELER WEEKLY VLOG After spending five days on work, with my one day off I made the best of it, getting up at 4am to head to Sedona early enough to find parking for the “heavily trafficked” Cathedral Rock - and astoundingly beautiful but strenuous hike. After finishing Cathedral and it still being early enough in the morning, I headed back to Devil’s Bridge to pick up some pics and footage I missed

LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review Okay it seems a trend that I'm consistently running behind with getting these videos out but given that I'm working the next 5 days, I should be able to keep the next video short and get it out on time (which by the way the goal is for Tuesdays). That being said, this was a fantastic week filled with adventures and plenty of footage to go along with it. This last week of d