10 Photos Of The World’s Most Beautiful Camping Trailer

Photos Courtesy of Bowlus Road Chief

I could talk about the way the Bowlus Road Chief is made to last 50 years and is screwed, bolted, and riveted together without adhesives, or how it has a heated floor and is so light it can be towed by a Saab 9-3 Convertible.

Many of you are aware that Airstream’s founder, Wally Byam, worked for a time and then owned luxury travel trailer company Bowlus, borrowing much of the look and a few of the details found in the 1935 Bowlus for the first Airstream, called “Clipper”.

After a very long time, Bowlus was recently reborn and reimagined, staying faithful to the original design but updating as much as possible (including its overall size) to take advantage of modern materials and build techniques. In person, it’s made in a notably different way from many of the other trailers, relying on a true monocoque shell for strength and light weight—the Road Chief is a svelte 2,300 lbs. dry.

All of this is important, of course, but it’s also all moot once you see an expertly-shot photo of the polished aluminum trailer in an idyllic setting: the “wanderlust” is strong with this one.