Our Story

Welcome! We are the TikiRaiders; TikiKiki, TikiJimi, and Hershey our chocolate lab/dachshund mix pup.

We live in our RV full time and are traveling the country to see everything we can! We left our home behind in beautiful Southern California, and are on the hunt for all things Tiki, Adventure, and Fun!

While my love of Tiki began after my first visit to Hawaii when I was 5, my husband’s love came from my sharing tiki with him (our third date was to Tiki-Ti). Our love story even included a luau wedding and tropical honeymoon.

But traveling just during vacations was not enough. I have a hereditary disease Ehlers’s Danlos Syndrome (and a few others), which breaks down my joints overtime and will severely limit my mobility later in life, so we decided there is no time like the present to see the world.

We became digital nomads with the goal of moving slowly across the US, and maybe beyond, spending our weekends exploring. We might find our dream home location along the way, but we plan to be traveling for the next several years in order to see everything.

Our goals include seeing every Tiki bar, National Park, and State we can. If you have something special in your town, or a home tiki bar we can visit, let us know in the comments!

We love all things Tiki of course, but we also love Disney, the outdoors, and history. We are using our love of adventure to raid these places and bring our collection of treasures back to our future hideaway. We look forward to sharing our journey with you!

Check out our itineraries by location, check off lists, other blog posts, and TikTok videos.