Most couples come here for the privacy and presence to reconnect. Because who doesn’t love the idea of a secluded cabin, a huge hammock, a soaking tub, and no phones?
ALOHA Y’ALL
WE’RE ERIKA & KAMALU
We met in Hāna, Maui, working at a resort together. She ran the weddings; he played ukulele at them. When burnout and family called us back to Texas, we built the thing our travels kept teaching us to look for: a small, honest place that slows people down. Now we're raising our family on this land, caring for it the way we were both raised to.
WHERE "ALOHA, Y'ALL" COMES FROM
NowHere brings together two places that shaped our family in very different ways: Hāna and the Texas Hill Country. The paniolo culture Kamalu grew up with and the cowboy roots of Round Mountain share more than you might expect: a respect for the ʻāina, working with your hands, taking care of what you've been given, and welcoming people well.
We want everyone who comes here to be welcomed with aloha, to feel cared for, comfortable, and free to slow down for a while. You came for a cabin. We hope you leave a little more connected to nature, to the people you're with, and maybe even to yourself.
What We're About
Aloha, Y'all
Take care of what you've been given and welcome people well.
Real Hospitality
Your name's on the welcome card, and we live down the road.
Work With Your Hands
Kamalu built a lot of what you'll touch out here, including the sauna.
Slow on Purpose
Pour-overs, wood fires, long soaks. Nothing here is the fastest version of itself.
Mālama ʻĀina
Care for the land. We're caretakers here first, hosts second, and we hope one day it's Kehopu's turn.
How We Got Here
two places, one family
WHO WE ARE NOW
Some of our happiest moments as a family are incredibly simple ones. Working outside together. Building something with our hands. Singing and playing music. Making a scrapbook. Reading a book without reaching for a phone every few minutes. Doing the things that somehow get pushed aside when everyday life gets too busy.
That's a huge part of what we wanted NowHere to give people: the space to remember to do those things again. To pick up a book and actually finish a chapter. To make something just because you feel like making it. To sit in a hammock without needing to be productive.
Music runs through all of it. Kamalu plays drums, ukulele, and Hawaiian music, and if we're not outside working on the land, there's a good chance we're at home singing together.
READY TO UNPLUG FOR A BIT?
Take a break from scrolling and reconnect with nature.