In the past I convinced myself more is better, and my focus has always been to cover all the bases. That meant struggling with a heavy back pack for the tsa checks at the airport, and the weight of an additional Pelican case to accommodate all of the heavy lenses. Walking endlessly to find a taxi make matters worse.

This will be something new for me... A Nikon Zf mirror-less body, Z mount 28mm f/2.8, 40mm f2.0 and the versatile 24-120 f4 zoom lens.

Compact, simple, Image stabilized and a lot of new mirror-less features I will soon learn to appreciate when I travel.

I am convinced I can capture images at the same level as when I carried a hundred pounds of equipment years past. I will be sure to post a few results in the main topic forum soon... Just kidding

I also spelled Traveling with two LL's in the caption to see if I get scolded, that's always a fun way to add extra pages to the post!

Keeping my Canon gear but also looking forward to a new level of freedom when I travel and also when adding in serious work.

I too am afraid to use the traditional Lithium batteries due to fire risk. I have them in numerous drones and eBikes.
There are newer chemistries that are not as energy dense (heavier), so they don't make much sense yet in aviation.
The current chemistry which is much less prone to fires contains Iron ( lifepo4 or LFP). They make sense in homes where weight isn't an issue. They are also popular in RV and boat use, where a little extra weight is worth the reduction in fire risk and the recharging cycles are in the thousands. Golf carts used lead acid batteries which could be recharged 300-500 times and may last 3-5 years. The newer safer batteries cost more but last much longer, so are a better value. Tesla is already using these safer batteries in some models but they or their battery suppliers already have a large investment in the factories to produce the lighter weight chemistries. In a few years most EV cars will have safer batteries. I also have a fear of sharks although I hear that cows kill more people. At least they don't eat us.

Foto Jo,
You have received a lot of advice. Regardless of your set up, something does not make sense to me.
You will be using the external drive for images. I assume that you mean all your original images. These generally are called 'referenced' images when setting up your editing program. Makes sense.
But you want to have large internal storage for your edited images. This is confusing to me. Programs like LR and Capture 1 'save the edits' to your original image in a Catalog. Most keep this Catalog in the internal storage for faster retrieval and processing. These Catalogs take up a fraction of the space that the original files do on your external drive.
The only way to have your 'edited images' on your internal drive is then to export the edited images and store them on in this drive. The size of your original file all depends on your camera and set up. And then the final size of your edited image will be determined by your export set up. This can be voluminous-BIG.
My question is Why? If this is what you are doing, then WHY? Your edited/original images are already on your external drive coupled with the corresponding catalog(s). If you want to send edited pictures to someone, then export them how you want them to be viewed or printed-send them-and then delete them from you internal drive. Or save them into your PP software in a 'Folder', 'Smart Folder', or other format that is integral to your software.
There are reasons to have a large internal drive, but not for what your are requesting.
I find that a 1TB internal drive is enough for me for both work (non-photography) and photography. I have used 2TB Samsung and Sandisk external drives and have been transitioning to 4TB drives.
FWIW, I am working on a 2021 16" M1 MacBook Pro.

The strap is normally on the camera. I often take the camera with a kit lens when just running around.

If I am using a long lens, it will often be with a tripod, and in that case, I will frequently ditch the strap, or bundle it so that it is not as likely to catch something.

60 years ago, when I started this hobby, every camera had a leather case, and I was religious using them. Given the time, and use, I realized that I had few cameras with scratches or dents, if any. I also figured if I did get a dinged camera, I might have a good story to go with it. No cases anymore, and I don't have any exciting stories to tell.