Bear Claw Vans

Our vanlife journey started in 2016, when Vanessa took her first travel nurse assignment in Washington state. We figured, what better way to travel out west than to buy a van, convert it and travel. Our first van was a 1997 Dodge Ram Van; we built it out with a bed, kitchen/ cooking area, and plenty of storage for all of our gear and essentials. We set out that October, with our cat Burton, and we instantly fell in love with traveling in a van. On our way back home that next spring, we spent a month and a half on the road, exploring and enjoying some of the western U.S. It was on this trip that we also found and rescued our dog Zona. 

Since that trip, we have done two more conversions and travelling across country a total of four times; our longest trip being almost three months long. On our trips, we enjoy skiing/snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, sight-seeing, paddle-boarding and pretty much anything outdoors. It was when we converted (in 2019) and traveled in our current Van, a 2005 dodge sprinter, that we knew we wanted to extend this passion for traveling in a van to other adventurers like ourselves.