Nice series Mike
This is one of my favorites places to photograph been going there once a month since 2008.Glad that there is money to restore it.

I found a MOVO carbon fiber gimbal on Amazon for under 150.00 that i am quite happy with. And for a tripod i use the Induro cf CLT303 for my D850 and Nikon 200 500,also the Induro CLT 203 tripod is lighter and will hold the weight.

I use some of them for screen saver slid show