LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A whole bunch of silvery RVs are coming to Lewisburg this month.
The State Fair of West Virginia Event Center says it will host more than 700 campers for a week starting June 28 when the Wally Byam Caravan Club International holds its 59th annual convention and rally. The group consists of Airstream trailer owners.
Rally officials will hold a public viewing of new and vintage Airstreams on June 25.
Byam built the first Airstream trailer as a tent contraption on a Model T chassis, eventually replacing the tent with a teardrop-shaped permanent shelter. The riveted aluminum, aviation-inspired design emerged in the 1930s. Byam would spend much of the rest of his life leading Airstream caravans around the world. He died in 1962.
Read more about the Caravan Club at http://wbcci.org