Editor's Note: In 2015 we ran this Route 66 story on the cover. I had the honor of meeting Tim Foley and his wife at the Crossroads of America gathering in July of this year. What an amazing couple they are, and I sincerely loved hearing all about their teardrop and what they have done to it in the last few years. They are blessed with an abundance of grandchildren, and so they have added a roof-top tent to the teardrop so they are able to take several grandkids with them on

The origin of the Kenskill company goes back to 1946 in Burbank, California. Bill Kennedy made about 200 teardrop trailers by hand during the summers of 1946 and 1947. This modern teardrop trailer design is the footprint for man every modern teardrops manufactured today. These teardrop trailers were sold in from 1946 - 1948 and then the company closed doors. Jim Brunskill was the financial partner and went on to form a second company 'Kenskill Trailers’. It is interesting to