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Longtime Steamboat locals Mike Kinnecom and Deb Curd-Kinnecom have packed their luggage and moved out of city; however you possibly can nonetheless see them – on TV. The second season of their present Love4Travel will air in March on Quick TV Community.
Within the meantime, viewers can make amends for season one, which follows the duo as they journey round Colorado and thru elements of Utah, Arizona, and even Cozumel, Mexico. The third episode within the season was shot regionally in Steamboat.
It was throughout a much-anticipated Amtrak journey from Denver to Reno in 2020 of which the pair determined to shoot footage with their mobile phone, which they deliberate to add to a YouTube channel. However once they scored a prolonged interview with one of many practice’s conductors, Deb, who used to provide the native present Uncover Steamboat, felt there was one thing extra to their footage. So she introduced it to her longtime pal and fellow Steamboat native, Rob Wagner, Chief Working Officer of Quick TV Community. It was then that Love4Travel grew to become a actuality.
The 5 episodes of season one aired over the course of a 12 months and acquired almost 12 million views, with the Steamboat episode seeing the best viewership, at over 4 million views.
What makes it totally different from different journey exhibits, stated Mike, is that he and Deb attempt to interview as many locals as potential.
“We normally find yourself stumbling on an area who’s superb and we add them to the present,” he stated. “They supply that distinctive data that you simply don’t get whenever you’re arriving in a brand new city except you begin asking questions.”
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The husband-and-wife staff movie all their very own footage themselves, utilizing their iPhones, a Go Professional and a drone.
“We attempt to make it very clear that Mike and Deb are taking pictures this themselves, with their cell telephones and units that anybody can purchase,” Wagner stated. “I believe that’s an enormous draw of the present – the opposite is their angle. It’s all about enjoyable and discovery.”
When selecting areas, they attempt to discover an uncommon journey expertise that pushes their consolation ranges. For instance, on one episode, they zip line throughout the Royal Gorge.
“I screamed for 3 and a half minutes straight,” Deb stated.
Different adventures embrace visiting an alligator farm and wrestling with alligators, and careening across the curves of the Pacific Coast Freeway of their new RV.
“Driving the Pacific Coast Freeway was nail-biting in an RV,” Deb stated. “That was in all probability my most memorable expertise. I used to be sitting within the passenger aspect, trying down a cliff. It was thrilling, fascinating and terrifying all on the identical time. I used to be leaning towards the middle of the RV pondering that might make a distinction!”
Season two will start with the couple promoting their Steamboat house and relocating to their Mesa, Arizona, home. It follows them as they buy an RV and take their maiden voyage. And past season two, their plans embrace “much more journey,” they are saying.
“Doing the present takes touring to a complete totally different degree of expertise,” Deb stated. “ you’re going to be sharing this with different individuals and your eyes are large open trying in each path, eager about what individuals wish to see or expertise by way of us. We’re all the time in search of what’s out of the abnormal.”
Viewers can watch Love4Travel through Quick TV Community which lately grew to become obtainable on Roku and Amazon Hearth TV in addition to on-line, on their web site FastTVNetwork.com.
Sophie Dingle is a contributing author for the Steamboat Pilot & Right now. She could be reached by way of the editor.
