Capetown to Cairo

On Sunday night I was watching History Detectives on PBS (I have never watched the show before, but it was so interesting), and the "detective" was researching the origin of from markings on a couples Airstream trailer. As part of his investigation he shared about the caravan club founded by Wally Byam. Mr. Byam lead many travel trailer enthusiasts on treks across America, but the trip that sent me on rabbit trails all over the Internet was his 1959 caravan across Africa. In July of '59 he had 36 trailers shipped from America to Africa and lead 106 people from the south to the north of the content. This story combines so much of what I enjoy, vintage trailers, people seeing their crazy ideas through and very very big adventures.

Watch this film for more info on the trip and check out the Wally Byam Caravan Club International still in existence today!

Teardrop Dreams

Still no charger so we continue in our detour from house stuff to talk about a long time dream of mine. This post is inspired by Lucy I could not glance through the lovely images that she had of caravans over at her blog with out thinking about my own trailer dreams. I have been wishing for one of these little Teardrop trailers for so long I can't remember when I first saw one.
I love how cozy they seem with a little bed and a few shelves in the main compartment and a little kitchen off the back, they are just the slightest bit above tent camping on the terms of comfort and convenience. I grew up camping in a pop-up camper so these seem like the small scale little sister of those campers to me. I imagine my to have yellow gingham sheets and a fluffy floral comforter. And a kitchen stocked with mismatched cups and silverware. Now that spring is here, I have a bit of the camping bug and day dreams of sunny days and campfires!