boy meets girl; a brief introduction
Helllooooo!
Please allow me to finally and not-so-formally introduce myself. I am Nikki. Joes girlfriend, confidant, lover, life-and-travel partner, best friend and last but absolutely not least, soulmate. I’ll be jumping onto his (now our) website quite a bit. In other words, you’ll mostly see my writings paired with Joes incredible photography from here on out! We’re going start sharing regularly with ya’ll the inner and outer workings of our world as we navigate our way through this life and across the United States in our tiny home.

the big picture
Joe and I are travelling together in Joes Sprinter van that we’ve recently named Lou-Lou. Joe converted Lou-Lou into a unique and beautiful tiny home when he first started his travel adventures. For those who are new to the site and as many of you already know, Joe lives in Lou-Lou full time, and has for the past 3ish years. I live in Lou-Lou with Joe part-time and part-time with my little humans in a small apartment in Portland, Oregon. We’ve been living this way for just over 6 months now and it’s working out wonderfully. (I’ll save the whos, whys and whats of that part of our world for a more detailed post later).
blessed are we;
Simply put; my life is absolutely incredible. It truly is just as I’ve always hoped and dreamed it would be. I am beyond blessed to be able to exist within the very best of two completely different worlds. My city world holds my tribe that I so completely and utterly love and adore, and my van-life world holds my Chosen Family and my Soulmate who loves me endlessly and whom I love more than I can even begin to describe. Occasionally these beautiful worlds of mine collide and that becomes a whole ‘nother level of awesomeness.

our world, our life, our journey
So, please, follow along and share in this beautiful, anomalous world of ours filled with traveling, van-life, skateboarding, kids, roller-skating, pups, writing and photography. In other words, buckle up, hold on tight and enjoy the wondrous, albeit sometimes bumpy ride of our unprecedented journey together throughout this amazing universe.

Alex C
I am so happy to see this. I can’t wait to meet you in person. Take care of my little big brother.
Nikki
I can’t wait to meet you as well! It’s been so fun getting to know Joe’s world. He’s my absolute favourite and his world is wonderful. I’ll take very good care of him, I promise ❤
Heidi hernandez
It’s so nice to meet you. I love my cousin Joe Joe yes I call him Joe Joe always have always will. He is a wonderful man and I’m so happy for you both. Stay safe. Pet Van for me.
Heidi.
Nikki Semro
Hello Heidi! It’s nice to say hi and I look forward to meeting you in person! Joe is an amazing man and I feel so incredibly lucky that we’ve finally found each other.
Van says hello too and we’ll likely see you in November 🙂
Joe
I am so Happy for you Both! Joe is one of my oldest friends and eventhough we dont see each other often and talk.. I follow his adventures on IG. I AM so happy that he has you in his life…You sound amazing and I can see why Joe loves you…Thank you
Sedition
Oh, hell yes.
Sharron Muldoon
I am ready to join you digitally on your journey, Nicole.
Love you bunches!!!
Nikki Semro
Sharron! I am so happy that you’re following along! I miss you and Dan both so much. We’re hoping to be able to visit really, really soon.
Love you TONS!
Chi
Can’t wait to meet ya! Always welcome in the Bay Area (as long as I’m here)!
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