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Reuben Diachenko
- Apr 8
- 2 min
YouTube Weekly VLOG | EP16 | Hiking and Exploring Petroglyph National Monument
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Apr 7
- 8 min
YouTube Weekly VLOG | EP15 | Airstream First Dry Camping Trip at Valley of the Gods Utah
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Mar 25
- 2 min
YouTube Weekly VLOG | EP14 | Airstream Furnace Fail and Quick Update
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Mar 11
- 1 min
How to Remove Sweat Stains from Dark Clothes | Life Hack
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Mar 11
- 3 min
YouTube Weekly VLOG | EP13 | Favorite Hikes of New Mexico
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Airstream Bathroom LED Lighting Upgrade
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Mar 7
- 2 min
YouTube Weekly VLOG | EP12 | More Hiking in Beautiful Sedona, Daily Minimalism
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Feb 26
- 3 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP11 | A Belly Button, Devil’s Bridge, and Pueblos
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
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Reuben Diachenko
- Feb 18
- 1 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP10 | Replacing the Airstream Propane Detector
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review Last week’s video took a bit longer than expected to edit and I hit my stretch of five days on at work so playing a bit of catch up here. I thought I would share a quick update and some content from a few months ago repairing and replacing the Airstream propane detector - which ended up being a much longer project than I anticipated. Looking forward to some more awesome hi
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Reuben Diachenko
- Feb 15
- 2 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP9 | Hiking, First NPS Trip of 2021, and 2021 Goals
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review So apologies for this being massively late and EP10 will likely release very closely behind this. This episode ended up a bit longer than I foresaw and took longer to finish the edit. Also apologies for the shaky footage and wind noise with the hiking footage - I look forward to using the gamble again and using a dead cat in the future. I can’t believe it’s already Februar
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Reuben Diachenko
- Feb 6
- 2 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP8 | RODE VideoMic Pro+ VS. RODE Wireless Go
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review So I just finished a stretch of 5 days at work which means I pretty much just worked since we last talked so this will be a short video. I thought I would share the unboxing of the RODE VideoMic Pro+ and a comparison of this versus the RODE Wireless GO lapel mic. The VideoMic Pro was the last item on my videography wish list for the time being. To be honest (and I still ha
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Reuben Diachenko
- Jan 27
- 2 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP7 | Top 10 Goals for 2021
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review NOTE: Yet again, posting late in the week . . . really need to get my act together here. I think I’m going to shoot for Monday evenings as I consistently have these off. It’s been kind of a slow week here in Gallup, having snowed off and on for the last 5 days, but we’ve had some great snow walks and Hiker LOVES the snow. I know I’ve been promising my Top Ten Goals for 202
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Reuben Diachenko
- Jan 21
- 1 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP6 | Pyramid Rock Trail, Water Filter Rupture, 35th Birthday
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review NOTE: Sorry this is posting a bit late in the week, got a little sidetracked by a few other projects. Showing some footage from hiking this week at Red Rocks at Pyramid Rock Trail as well as my adventure with my water filter freezing and rupturing. Also celebrating my 35th birthday with a lovely care package from home. RELATED CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP5 | And 2020 Just Keeps
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Reuben Diachenko
- Jan 12
- 1 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP5 | And 2020 Just Keeps on Going
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review A quick demo of the 4 cup Bialetti Moka Express Export Espresso Maker - an absolutely delicious cup of coffee. And a quick discussion of the political events of the past week. Rabbit Hole (The New York Times) | Apple Podcasts RELATED CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP4 | Happy New Years!! (2020 in Review) CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP3 | Merry Christmas!! CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP2 | Getting th
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Reuben Diachenko
- Jan 4
- 4 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP4 | Happy New Years!! (2020 in Review)
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review Like most of you, I am all too ready to say goodbye to 2020. There's been many times this past year that I've thought of that Star Trek Voyager episode, Year of Hell (insert pic) - where they reach the end of the year with the ship and crew in tatters. As you'll recall, the COVID 19 pandemic hit not just the US but the world in earnest in March and we have just ended 2020
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Reuben Diachenko
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP3 | Merry Christmas!!
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM) CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review I worked 10 days straight during the Christmas week so just a short video this time. I thought I would show the SKEY Professional Hair Clipper - a cordless hair clipper and game changer. SKEY Professional Hair Clipper SKEY Professional Hair Clipper RELATED CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP2 | Getting the COVID Vaccine, Locked Out, and the GS1 Pixel RGB Camera Light CT WEEK IN REVIEW
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Reuben Diachenko
- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP2 | Getting the COVID Vaccine, Locked Out, and the GS1 Pixel RGB Camera Light
LOCATION On contract in Fort Defiance Arizona (staying in Gallup, NM)CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review Despite being in the middle of a 5 day stretch (now 10 due to being short staffed over the holidays), I was able to keep my weekly goal for episode 2. My intent is that this be a much shorter VLOG style weekly video ending with a “show and tell” of sorts with something cool from that week. For this week, I recently ordered the GS1 Pixel RGB Camera Light. LED and Li-Ion rech
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Reuben Diachenko
- Dec 15, 2020
- 5 min
Airstream First Tow to Lake Tahoe
Airstream First Tow to Lake Tahoe I was rapidly approaching the date when I had to move campgrounds and since the Airstream was delivered in early January, I had not yet towed with the Silverado. So, before making the big move, I decided to do a shakedown towing trip and where better to visit (for the first time no less) than Lake Tahoe. I had a run of six days off work and decided to spend June 19-24 exploring Lake Tahoe and the environs. Friends at work had recommended the
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Reuben Diachenko
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
CT WEEK IN REVIEW | EP1 | Canon EOS R5 Unboxing - It FINALLY Arrived!!
CAIRN Traveler (CT) Week in Review After much indecision, I've settled on this being the series title for now but as with most things, subject to change.The last video I made was over three months ago and I've been working on another video off and on (First Tow with the Airstream to Lake Tahoe) since that time. I have three big mental roadblocks to making content. Roadblock One | Procrastination I'm blaming a good portion of this on having ordered the Canon EOS R5 in mid Augu
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