Three Wise Men at the Bemidji International Rally

Posted on Thu, Jan 30, 2014 @ 07:00 AM

The Wally Byam Caravan Club annual International Rally was held in Bemidji, Minnesota in 1963. 

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How Brands Used Airstreams in 2013

Posted on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 @ 04:19 PM

 

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Roads? Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads

Posted on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 @ 08:00 AM

Wally Byam wanted Airstream owners to enjoy the world. He wanted them to experience a sense of adventure, freedom, and excitement throughout their lives.

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Rough Roads? No Problem.

Posted on Thu, Jan 16, 2014 @ 08:45 AM

Wally Byam stood by his Airstream. If you had an automobile that could make it over any road condition, then you could take your Airstream with you. Of course, this was the early days - before four wheel drive and heavy duty utility vehicles.

In planning the first Airstream Caravan in 1951, which traveled through Mexico and Central America, Wally knew the roads were going to be rough but passable. He knew that the Pan American Highway had not been completed and in Southern Mexico, the Caravan had to travel by rail on flat cars to the Guatemalan border. Wally also knew that Managua, Nicaragua was the trail's end. The Pan American Highway is non-existent into Panama.

When least expected, the Caravan crossed primitive and localized bridges where villagers built bridges using practical applied engineering. The above picture shows a plank bridge in Mexico.

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The Frosch Family - Farming Adventurers

Posted on Thu, Jan 09, 2014 @ 08:00 AM

The Airstream caravan is about adventure. It's about experiencing life to its fullest. And it's about family.

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Wally and His Burros, Pike and Jenny

Posted on Thu, Jan 02, 2014 @ 07:00 AM

The stars twinkled in the evening sky as a young Wally Byam rolled out his sleeping gear for the night. It had been a warm day, the sheep had settled in and he was satisfied that as adolescent, this met the expectations that his grandfather James Biswell had entrusted to him.

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