Steamboat duo announces second season of vacation exhibit

Longtime Steamboat locals Mike Kinnecom and Deb Curd-Kinnecom have packed their bags and moved out of town but you can continue to see them — on Television. The 2nd year of their display Like4Journey will air in March on Speedy Tv set Network.

In the meantime, viewers can catch up on year a single, which follows the duo as they journey all over Colorado and via parts of Utah, Arizona, and even Cozumel, Mexico. The 3rd episode in the period was shot regionally in Steamboat.

It was during a a lot-expected Amtrak journey from Denver to Reno in 2020 of which the pair resolved to shoot footage with their mobile telephone, which they planned to add to a YouTube channel. But when they scored a prolonged job interview with a single of the train’s conductors, Deb, who applied to create the nearby present Find out Steamboat, felt there was some thing a lot more to their footage. So she introduced it to her longtime close friend and fellow Steamboat area, Rob Wagner, Main Functioning Officer of Quickly Television Community. It was then that Love4Travel turned a actuality.

The 5 episodes of period a single aired around the program of a 12 months and been given just about 12 million sights, with the Steamboat episode seeing the best viewership, at in excess of 4 million sights.

What would make it distinct from other journey displays, said Mike, is that he and Deb check out to interview as several locals as achievable.

“We normally stop up stumbling on a local who is astounding and we incorporate them to the demonstrate,” he explained. “They present that distinctive facts that you really don’t get when you are arriving in a new town unless of course you start out asking questions.”

The husband-and-spouse workforce movie all their very own footage by themselves, utilizing their iPhones, a Go Professional and a drone.

“We attempt to make it extremely transparent that Mike and Deb are capturing this themselves, with their cell telephones and gadgets that any person can obtain,” Wagner reported. “I assume that is a significant draw of the exhibit – the other is their angle. It is all about exciting and discovery.”

When picking out destinations, they check out to find an uncommon adventure encounter that pushes their consolation levels. For instance, on a single episode, they zip line across the Royal Gorge.

“I screamed for a few and a fifty percent minutes straight,” Deb said.

Other adventures involve visiting an alligator farm and wrestling with alligators, and careening close to the curves of the Pacific Coastline Highway in their new RV.

“Driving the Pacific Coast Freeway was nail-biting in an RV,” Deb explained. “That was possibly my most unforgettable practical experience. I was sitting down in the passenger facet, wanting down a cliff. It was thrilling, fascinating and terrifying all at the exact time. I was leaning toward the center of the RV imagining that would make a change!”

Period two will start off with the few promoting their Steamboat house and relocating to their Mesa, Arizona, dwelling. It follows them as they purchase an RV and consider their maiden voyage. And past period two, their options contain “a whole lot much more travel,” they say.

“Doing the demonstrate takes touring to a complete different degree of encounter,” Deb said. “You know you’re likely to be sharing this with other persons and your eyes are huge open looking in every single path, contemplating about what people would like to see or encounter through us. We’re always seeking for what is out of the ordinary.”

Viewers can view Really like4Journey by way of Rapid Television Network which just lately grew to become accessible on Roku and Amazon Fireplace Tv as well as on the web, on their web site FastTVNetwork.com.

Sophie Dingle is a contributing author for the Steamboat Pilot & Now. She can be reached by way of the editor.