This is Where it Ends (Brazil & Florida)
On the season finale of the Amazing Race - the teams set out from Zermatt, Switzerland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Everyone got on the same train to the airport in Zurich where they split up to find the quickest flights to Rio.
-Big Easy & Flight Time went straight to an airline counter and booked a flight arriving at 7:30am the next day.
-Zev & Justin checked the Internet and found that same flight. They went to the same counter and got the same tickets.
-Kisha & Jen and Gary & Mallory went to a travel agency and were booking tickets getting them in at 5:30pm the next day when the Globetrotters stopped by to see if they had a better flight - when they heard they were going to have a huge lead - Big Easy's horrible poker face gave them away and the other teams changed their tickets so they were all on the same flight to Rio.
Once they landed they were to make their way to a tram which would take them to a famous staircase lined with tiles. They had to search among the tiles to find the ones marked Route Info, remove them from the wall and their next clue was on the back.
Everyone sprints out of the airport to the cabs and Gary & Mallory were the last out - however, the Globetrotters had the bad cabbie luck and ended up with the grandpa driver - he wouldn't speed, he was stopping at green lights - (that would be my worse nightmare. Anyone that has ever driven with me knows I tend to lack patience in traffic.)
-All the teams arrive at the tram except the Globetrotters - they are all trying to get the guy to go but he wants to wait another couple minutes... arghh! The tram finally gets going just as the Globetrotters get there and they try to get it stopped... but no such luck. As Jen said, this thing only goes one way and it's up (there was no turning around.) The Globetrotters had to wait 1/2 hour for the next tram. Big Easy adopted a zen approach - if it's meant to be it will be... Flight Time had to walk away from him.
-Once at the staircase Justin's eagle eye spied a tile right away and they jump in a cab for the next destination. Kisha & Jen then Gary & Mallory follow - but they're not that far behind.
-Zev & Justin arrive at what looks like a street carnival and get the clue to the ROADBLOCK - who's ready to shake a tail feather? Zev has to do this Roadblock since Justin's already done 5 - and Zev just 4 -they have to be even going into the finale. Sooo, Zev has to suit up in a silly get up and learn some simple samba steps from his guides. Once they think he's ready he will perform the dance for a judge who, if satisfied, will give them their next clue. (You know this is not going to go well.)
-As Zev clumsily tries to learn the steps - and he admittedly has white boy rhythm - Gary & Mallory arrive. Mallory is going to do the task for them - as a pageant queen, she's been in dancing since she was 3 - so she has no trouble with this at all.
-They both go to do the dance for the judge - Mallory gets a Sim (pass) and Zev get a Nao (no way).
-Kisha & Jen get there and Kisha suits up and learns the dance for them - Jen's confident, she's got rhythm. Kisha gets a Sim from the judge - Zev, another Nao.
-The Globetrotters have gone and retrieved their tile and they arrive at the Roadblock. Justin has been very supportive of Zev, telling him to do his best, but when the Globetrotters get their he's not happy. He tells Zev to loosen up a bit and after he slaps the female dancers butt (she was shocked at first but then laughed) he does start to loosen up.
-Gary & Mallory have arrived at the Copacabana where they must go to the COP Spa and get a full Brazilian wax - OMG! Mallory is old hand at the waxing but Gary, not so much. Let the painfest begin. (I'm just shuttering - and waiting for the screaming of OOOhh KELLY CLARKSON!) Oh, it doesn't look like they get the full Brazilian - it's armpits, chest, legs...( thank goodness because what I think of as a Brazilian wax would not have been appropriate for family television - and I couldn't imagine them doing that right beside each other either.) Gary & Mallory are done and they get the next clue.
-DETOUR - On the Rocks or On the Beach... Newly waxed they must decide where they are most comfortable (huh?)
-In On the Rocks the teams must go to a beach side bar and learn to make a popular Brazilian cocktail he caipirinha - made with muddled limes, sugar and sticky liqueur - once they have made 100 acceptable caipirinhas they will get their next clue. (I guess the lime juice would sting newly opened pores.)
-In On the Beach - they must pick up an umbrella with hundreds of bikinis hanging from it and a portable changing room then head out on the beach, convince customers to model their bikinis and sell enough bikinis to make about $60 US. (Being someone who would never be caught dead in a bikini, this detour sounds waaay harder.)
-Gary & Mallory decide On the Rocks if for them and head to the beach.
Nao. Zev finally eeks out a Sim and they head off for the Copacabana.
-Big Easy gets the Sim on his second attempt and they also head out for the waxing. (I feel sorry for them all.)
-They finally show Kisha & Jen arriving at the waxing place and they do alright - they didn't enjoy it mind you - but I think they all just have to endure 15minutes of waxing.
-The Globetrotters get there next - Zev & Justin's cab driver didn't know the place and they got lost.
-The Globetrotters get through the waxing pretty easy, they're not too hairy - and Flight Time was unashamedly flirting with the poor girl waxing him (I think he's been away from home too long - any woman touching him better look out.) They are heading out for the Detour as Zev & Justin - arrive.
-Meanwhile the drink mixing starts out rough for Gary & Mallory, obviously not big drinkers - they keep getting the order of the ingredients and mixing wrong and having their drinks poured out... but finally they get in a rhythm and start having acceptable drinks - 5 down 95 to go. OOf.
-Zev & Justin are hairy, hairy men and there is a lot of screaming in the spa as they get going and there it is - Justin whips out the "Oh Kelly Clarkson!" - 15 minutes is not going to be enough time to denude these two - I predict strange bald patches left in the hair on both of them.
-Justin almost punches the woman in the face when she does his chest - Zev gets his whole chest and armpits done - Justin ends up with bald pecs but still hairy in the middle - (Nice, the chicks will dig that :) - their time expires and they get the Detour clue.
-Kisha & Jen and the Globetrotters have both chosen On the Rocks and have started mixing drinks at the bar - Jen has some bartending experience - they only have one rejected - the Globetrotters have a couple rejected but they get in the groove and everyone is busy mixing up their 100 cocktails.
-For some reason, Justin & Zev have decided to do To the Beach and try to sell bikinis. They pick up the umbrella and changing room and Justin speak Portuguese so they have a bit of a leg up there - but no one is willing to try on the bikinis. They have one guy willing to buy one but his girlfriend won't try it on... Zev says it best - "This Sucks."
-Gary & Mallory are the first team to finish 100 drinks and they got the clue to the Pit Stop - below the Contemporary Art Museum. Big Easy asks if they're allowed to have one of the drinks after they're done and he gets a big thumbs up from their judge - Alrighty then - a little incentive for them maybe?
-Zev & Justin have been skunked on the beach - no one is buying bikinis - they decide to switch tasks.
-Kisha & Jen finish their 100th cocktail and head out just as Zev & Justin arrive to start mixing their drinks.
-The Globetrotters are getting into it - they must have been sampling the drinks cause they are FEELING it, singing with the guys and just annoying Justin. The Globetrotters finish and head out - Zev & Justin know they are last.
How they finished this leg:
1) Gary & Mallory - They have made it into the final leg for one million dollars. They won a trip for two along the Mediterranean. If they are the big Wieners, Gary will be the oldest person ever to have won.
2) Kisha & Jen - Phil gets them coconuts to drink from - they have made it into the final.
3) The Globetrotters -
4) Zev & Justin -ELIMINATED - They've been happier. Zev is Yoda I think. He tells us his take on things: Justin was the Race and Zev was the Amazing - Seeing what they've seen out in the world, there is a much bigger picture than trying to win a million dollars.
Final Leg
They get the clue to head to their final destination city - Miami, Florida. Once there they have to head to the marina to get their next clue. They all get on the same flight out of Rio and it's a sprint out of the airport - the Globetrotters and Kisha & Jen jump in the first cabs - Gary & Mallory are left at the airport - they are frantically trying to get a cab to catch up.
-Kisha & Jen pass the Globetrotters and are the first to the clue box - just barely - the Globetrotters are right behind them. The clue is the ROADBLOCK - one person must drive a heavy forklift and lift a boat into dry dock... oh boy.
-Kisha & Flight Time are driving the heavy machinery - (This does not look safe! No hard hats - 2 minutes of training - they do have a coach with them telling them what to do though - still - eek.)
-Mallory is freaking out in the cab - they keep asking if the guy knows where he's going - she's praying - please, please, please... he's ignoring her and texting or googling the marina - not boding well.
-Flight Time finishes just ahead of Kisha - and they get the clue to head to Key Largo - looks like a two team race at this point. Gary & Mallory have fallen victim to the bad cabbie curse.
-Gary & Mallory do finally arrive at the marina though and Gary hops on the forklift - Mallory says he's had experience with a forklift and she's staying positive - not a good way to start the 12th leg but it's not over yet - they could have a chance to catch up (sure you can.)
-Flight Time & Big Easy get to Key Largo and it's another ROADBLOCK - the area is famous for it's mermaid shows - one person will have to explore the under water world in a personal submarine known as a Bob dive - Phil tells us from his own bob dive underwater - (SO COOL - I want to do that!) They will have to maneuver the bob dive through a school of mermaids, checking dozens of floating treasure chests for the clue - once they find it they can return to the surface and carry on. (We'll see how the two teams that hate the water do with this one.)
-Big Easy and Jen have to do this - Jen is slightly panicked, she can't swim... but they both get under the water and come up in their bubble and they can breathe - then it's no problem. The Bob Dive is like a slow jet ski, they sit on it and are propelled through the water - there is a band and the mermaids distract Big Easy a little...
-Gary has finished the dry dock and get s the clue to head to Key Largo. Oh, they are using the same cab - I guess they couldn't get a new one.
-Under the sea, Big Easy is enjoying riding his underwater motorcycle, Jen feels like she's going to throw up but she's quickly looking through the chests. Flight Time and Kisha are just glad it's not them having to do this one.
-Big Easy is the first to find a clue - it tells them to head to mile marker 29 - they head out of the place and their cab has left. This is bad (and we have to watch Big Easy run with his pants half way down as he's trying to get dressed and find their cab - nice.)
-They do find their cab and have to stop to ask directions - Kisha & Jen's cab driver thinks he knows where it is so they just go - they pass the Globetrotters.
-Gary & Mallory get to the Mermaids/submarine task and she's trying to get it done as fast as she can - they know the two wetsuits laying there is not a good sign.
-Kisha & Jen get to the next clue box and the clue tells them to walk across the shallow ocean to Horseshoe Island then find the tallest tree to get their next clue. They're not swimming so it should be fine but they are still apprehensive the water is cold.
-The Globetrotters are right behind them crossing to the island when the girls get the clue that they have to go back to the mainland, take a speedboat to marathon marina - then travel on foot to the mobile home park to get their next clue.
-Mallory is having a hard time finding a clue - she's trying not to get frantic and she finally finds it - off they go but they're looking a little down. Their cab driver doesn't know where they need to go but they head for mile marker 29.
-Kisha & Jen head out in their speedboat and it's wet! The Globetrotters are again, right behind them.
-Gary & Mallory walk across to the island and get the clue. They head off for the speedboats.
-Kisha & Jen get to the mobile home park and get the clue to move a small trailer with a hand jack then, when they have it in place, replicate a picture they have (putting out all the accessories for a kitchy mobile home paradise.) Once their scene matches the picture, they'll receive their next clue.
-The sisters and the Globetrotters are now both moving their little trailers to their trailer pads - the residents of the trailer park, complete with camo trucker hats, are watching warily, I don't think they're used to they're kind around those parts.
-Gary & Mallory are on their way - getting soaked and thrown around in their speed boat.
-The trailer sites are going up alright until Hurricane Andrew hits - the wind has really kicked up and is making putting up their awnings almost impossible. The local ladies are laughing at how stupid they look.
-A tiny woman with the biggest hair I've seen in a long time has come to check their set ups and despite the wind, both of them are not exactly like the brochure. They have to keep going.
-Gary & Mallory get there and put their trailer in place - the other teams are not happy to see them. It's sudden death baby.
-Kisha finally figures out they are missing a beer cozy on the table and they pass Miss Rose's scrutiny and get the next clue to head out for Seven Mile Bridge.
-The Globetrotters are still not the same as the brochure - they go to check what the girls did - figure out their table is not set right. And finally get the clue.
-Gary & Mallory are almost there - the awning keeps flying over the top... arggh!
-Kisha & Jen get to the bridge and they have to ride bikes... oh, they are adult size tricycles - off they go - but they are riding into that heavy wind - not easy. The Globetrotters are there right behind them and are trying to catch up (put your helmets on! Sheesh - this episode is a WorkSafe nightmare.)
-Gary & Mallory pass Miss Rose's muster and they get the clue - jump in a cab and it's a new driver - Oh happy day! She's a gray haired lady but I bet she knows her way around.
-Back on the bridge Kisha & Jen are slogging along, Jen's running along side the trike at one point but they keep going strong. The Globetrotters are trying to catch up but the girls are just too far ahead and they trike off towards THE FINISH LINE! (What? No memory challenge about the race - huh.)
KISHA & JEN are the winners of The Amazing Race! The second time in a row an all female team has won. (And I must admit I got a little teary for them.) Then they said they were doing this for their mom (they were raised by a single mom) and when Phil asked what they were going to do for her they said everything! (Ah, now I see why they wanted this to end on Mother's Day) Their Mom wants to start her own business and now they can help put her in a position of success (yup, I was crying.)
And, with Kisha & Jen: Susan N, Andria S, Kelvin H, Laurie T and Sandy G have won the Amazing Race Pool! Congratulations!
The Globetrotters came in 2nd. We didn't win? They say they got beat by a couple girls but it's okay - the girls were the most consistent team, they never came in first until it mattered but they never struggled either. Big Easy said they had a good time - they laughed, they sang, they danced... he's glad they did it.
Gary & Mallory came in 3rd - the experience was priceless for them to be able to do this together. Gary said they did it back to back and if they had the chance they'd probably do it again.
So, Unfinished Business is finished! It was a pretty good season even though the least likely team seemed to win (still a little bitter about the Cowboys elimination.) Have a great summer everyone.
Coleen
On the season finale of the Amazing Race - the teams set out from Zermatt, Switzerland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Everyone got on the same train to the airport in Zurich where they split up to find the quickest flights to Rio.
-Big Easy & Flight Time went straight to an airline counter and booked a flight arriving at 7:30am the next day.
-Zev & Justin checked the Internet and found that same flight. They went to the same counter and got the same tickets.
-Kisha & Jen and Gary & Mallory went to a travel agency and were booking tickets getting them in at 5:30pm the next day when the Globetrotters stopped by to see if they had a better flight - when they heard they were going to have a huge lead - Big Easy's horrible poker face gave them away and the other teams changed their tickets so they were all on the same flight to Rio.
Once they landed they were to make their way to a tram which would take them to a famous staircase lined with tiles. They had to search among the tiles to find the ones marked Route Info, remove them from the wall and their next clue was on the back.
Everyone sprints out of the airport to the cabs and Gary & Mallory were the last out - however, the Globetrotters had the bad cabbie luck and ended up with the grandpa driver - he wouldn't speed, he was stopping at green lights - (that would be my worse nightmare. Anyone that has ever driven with me knows I tend to lack patience in traffic.)
-All the teams arrive at the tram except the Globetrotters - they are all trying to get the guy to go but he wants to wait another couple minutes... arghh! The tram finally gets going just as the Globetrotters get there and they try to get it stopped... but no such luck. As Jen said, this thing only goes one way and it's up (there was no turning around.) The Globetrotters had to wait 1/2 hour for the next tram. Big Easy adopted a zen approach - if it's meant to be it will be... Flight Time had to walk away from him.
-Once at the staircase Justin's eagle eye spied a tile right away and they jump in a cab for the next destination. Kisha & Jen then Gary & Mallory follow - but they're not that far behind.
-Zev & Justin arrive at what looks like a street carnival and get the clue to the ROADBLOCK - who's ready to shake a tail feather? Zev has to do this Roadblock since Justin's already done 5 - and Zev just 4 -they have to be even going into the finale. Sooo, Zev has to suit up in a silly get up and learn some simple samba steps from his guides. Once they think he's ready he will perform the dance for a judge who, if satisfied, will give them their next clue. (You know this is not going to go well.)
-As Zev clumsily tries to learn the steps - and he admittedly has white boy rhythm - Gary & Mallory arrive. Mallory is going to do the task for them - as a pageant queen, she's been in dancing since she was 3 - so she has no trouble with this at all.
-They both go to do the dance for the judge - Mallory gets a Sim (pass) and Zev get a Nao (no way).
-Kisha & Jen get there and Kisha suits up and learns the dance for them - Jen's confident, she's got rhythm. Kisha gets a Sim from the judge - Zev, another Nao.
-The Globetrotters have gone and retrieved their tile and they arrive at the Roadblock. Justin has been very supportive of Zev, telling him to do his best, but when the Globetrotters get their he's not happy. He tells Zev to loosen up a bit and after he slaps the female dancers butt (she was shocked at first but then laughed) he does start to loosen up.
-Gary & Mallory have arrived at the Copacabana where they must go to the COP Spa and get a full Brazilian wax - OMG! Mallory is old hand at the waxing but Gary, not so much. Let the painfest begin. (I'm just shuttering - and waiting for the screaming of OOOhh KELLY CLARKSON!) Oh, it doesn't look like they get the full Brazilian - it's armpits, chest, legs...( thank goodness because what I think of as a Brazilian wax would not have been appropriate for family television - and I couldn't imagine them doing that right beside each other either.) Gary & Mallory are done and they get the next clue.
-DETOUR - On the Rocks or On the Beach... Newly waxed they must decide where they are most comfortable (huh?)
-In On the Rocks the teams must go to a beach side bar and learn to make a popular Brazilian cocktail he caipirinha - made with muddled limes, sugar and sticky liqueur - once they have made 100 acceptable caipirinhas they will get their next clue. (I guess the lime juice would sting newly opened pores.)
-In On the Beach - they must pick up an umbrella with hundreds of bikinis hanging from it and a portable changing room then head out on the beach, convince customers to model their bikinis and sell enough bikinis to make about $60 US. (Being someone who would never be caught dead in a bikini, this detour sounds waaay harder.)
-Gary & Mallory decide On the Rocks if for them and head to the beach.
Nao. Zev finally eeks out a Sim and they head off for the Copacabana.
-Big Easy gets the Sim on his second attempt and they also head out for the waxing. (I feel sorry for them all.)
-They finally show Kisha & Jen arriving at the waxing place and they do alright - they didn't enjoy it mind you - but I think they all just have to endure 15minutes of waxing.
-The Globetrotters get there next - Zev & Justin's cab driver didn't know the place and they got lost.
-The Globetrotters get through the waxing pretty easy, they're not too hairy - and Flight Time was unashamedly flirting with the poor girl waxing him (I think he's been away from home too long - any woman touching him better look out.) They are heading out for the Detour as Zev & Justin - arrive.
-Meanwhile the drink mixing starts out rough for Gary & Mallory, obviously not big drinkers - they keep getting the order of the ingredients and mixing wrong and having their drinks poured out... but finally they get in a rhythm and start having acceptable drinks - 5 down 95 to go. OOf.
-Zev & Justin are hairy, hairy men and there is a lot of screaming in the spa as they get going and there it is - Justin whips out the "Oh Kelly Clarkson!" - 15 minutes is not going to be enough time to denude these two - I predict strange bald patches left in the hair on both of them.
-Justin almost punches the woman in the face when she does his chest - Zev gets his whole chest and armpits done - Justin ends up with bald pecs but still hairy in the middle - (Nice, the chicks will dig that :) - their time expires and they get the Detour clue.
-Kisha & Jen and the Globetrotters have both chosen On the Rocks and have started mixing drinks at the bar - Jen has some bartending experience - they only have one rejected - the Globetrotters have a couple rejected but they get in the groove and everyone is busy mixing up their 100 cocktails.
-For some reason, Justin & Zev have decided to do To the Beach and try to sell bikinis. They pick up the umbrella and changing room and Justin speak Portuguese so they have a bit of a leg up there - but no one is willing to try on the bikinis. They have one guy willing to buy one but his girlfriend won't try it on... Zev says it best - "This Sucks."
-Gary & Mallory are the first team to finish 100 drinks and they got the clue to the Pit Stop - below the Contemporary Art Museum. Big Easy asks if they're allowed to have one of the drinks after they're done and he gets a big thumbs up from their judge - Alrighty then - a little incentive for them maybe?
-Zev & Justin have been skunked on the beach - no one is buying bikinis - they decide to switch tasks.
-Kisha & Jen finish their 100th cocktail and head out just as Zev & Justin arrive to start mixing their drinks.
-The Globetrotters are getting into it - they must have been sampling the drinks cause they are FEELING it, singing with the guys and just annoying Justin. The Globetrotters finish and head out - Zev & Justin know they are last.
How they finished this leg:
1) Gary & Mallory - They have made it into the final leg for one million dollars. They won a trip for two along the Mediterranean. If they are the big Wieners, Gary will be the oldest person ever to have won.
2) Kisha & Jen - Phil gets them coconuts to drink from - they have made it into the final.
3) The Globetrotters -
4) Zev & Justin -ELIMINATED - They've been happier. Zev is Yoda I think. He tells us his take on things: Justin was the Race and Zev was the Amazing - Seeing what they've seen out in the world, there is a much bigger picture than trying to win a million dollars.
Final Leg
They get the clue to head to their final destination city - Miami, Florida. Once there they have to head to the marina to get their next clue. They all get on the same flight out of Rio and it's a sprint out of the airport - the Globetrotters and Kisha & Jen jump in the first cabs - Gary & Mallory are left at the airport - they are frantically trying to get a cab to catch up.
-Kisha & Jen pass the Globetrotters and are the first to the clue box - just barely - the Globetrotters are right behind them. The clue is the ROADBLOCK - one person must drive a heavy forklift and lift a boat into dry dock... oh boy.
-Kisha & Flight Time are driving the heavy machinery - (This does not look safe! No hard hats - 2 minutes of training - they do have a coach with them telling them what to do though - still - eek.)
-Mallory is freaking out in the cab - they keep asking if the guy knows where he's going - she's praying - please, please, please... he's ignoring her and texting or googling the marina - not boding well.
-Flight Time finishes just ahead of Kisha - and they get the clue to head to Key Largo - looks like a two team race at this point. Gary & Mallory have fallen victim to the bad cabbie curse.
-Gary & Mallory do finally arrive at the marina though and Gary hops on the forklift - Mallory says he's had experience with a forklift and she's staying positive - not a good way to start the 12th leg but it's not over yet - they could have a chance to catch up (sure you can.)
-Flight Time & Big Easy get to Key Largo and it's another ROADBLOCK - the area is famous for it's mermaid shows - one person will have to explore the under water world in a personal submarine known as a Bob dive - Phil tells us from his own bob dive underwater - (SO COOL - I want to do that!) They will have to maneuver the bob dive through a school of mermaids, checking dozens of floating treasure chests for the clue - once they find it they can return to the surface and carry on. (We'll see how the two teams that hate the water do with this one.)
-Big Easy and Jen have to do this - Jen is slightly panicked, she can't swim... but they both get under the water and come up in their bubble and they can breathe - then it's no problem. The Bob Dive is like a slow jet ski, they sit on it and are propelled through the water - there is a band and the mermaids distract Big Easy a little...
-Gary has finished the dry dock and get s the clue to head to Key Largo. Oh, they are using the same cab - I guess they couldn't get a new one.
-Under the sea, Big Easy is enjoying riding his underwater motorcycle, Jen feels like she's going to throw up but she's quickly looking through the chests. Flight Time and Kisha are just glad it's not them having to do this one.
-Big Easy is the first to find a clue - it tells them to head to mile marker 29 - they head out of the place and their cab has left. This is bad (and we have to watch Big Easy run with his pants half way down as he's trying to get dressed and find their cab - nice.)
-They do find their cab and have to stop to ask directions - Kisha & Jen's cab driver thinks he knows where it is so they just go - they pass the Globetrotters.
-Gary & Mallory get to the Mermaids/submarine task and she's trying to get it done as fast as she can - they know the two wetsuits laying there is not a good sign.
-Kisha & Jen get to the next clue box and the clue tells them to walk across the shallow ocean to Horseshoe Island then find the tallest tree to get their next clue. They're not swimming so it should be fine but they are still apprehensive the water is cold.
-The Globetrotters are right behind them crossing to the island when the girls get the clue that they have to go back to the mainland, take a speedboat to marathon marina - then travel on foot to the mobile home park to get their next clue.
-Mallory is having a hard time finding a clue - she's trying not to get frantic and she finally finds it - off they go but they're looking a little down. Their cab driver doesn't know where they need to go but they head for mile marker 29.
-Kisha & Jen head out in their speedboat and it's wet! The Globetrotters are again, right behind them.
-Gary & Mallory walk across to the island and get the clue. They head off for the speedboats.
-Kisha & Jen get to the mobile home park and get the clue to move a small trailer with a hand jack then, when they have it in place, replicate a picture they have (putting out all the accessories for a kitchy mobile home paradise.) Once their scene matches the picture, they'll receive their next clue.
-The sisters and the Globetrotters are now both moving their little trailers to their trailer pads - the residents of the trailer park, complete with camo trucker hats, are watching warily, I don't think they're used to they're kind around those parts.
-Gary & Mallory are on their way - getting soaked and thrown around in their speed boat.
-The trailer sites are going up alright until Hurricane Andrew hits - the wind has really kicked up and is making putting up their awnings almost impossible. The local ladies are laughing at how stupid they look.
-A tiny woman with the biggest hair I've seen in a long time has come to check their set ups and despite the wind, both of them are not exactly like the brochure. They have to keep going.
-Gary & Mallory get there and put their trailer in place - the other teams are not happy to see them. It's sudden death baby.
-Kisha finally figures out they are missing a beer cozy on the table and they pass Miss Rose's scrutiny and get the next clue to head out for Seven Mile Bridge.
-The Globetrotters are still not the same as the brochure - they go to check what the girls did - figure out their table is not set right. And finally get the clue.
-Gary & Mallory are almost there - the awning keeps flying over the top... arggh!
-Kisha & Jen get to the bridge and they have to ride bikes... oh, they are adult size tricycles - off they go - but they are riding into that heavy wind - not easy. The Globetrotters are there right behind them and are trying to catch up (put your helmets on! Sheesh - this episode is a WorkSafe nightmare.)
-Gary & Mallory pass Miss Rose's muster and they get the clue - jump in a cab and it's a new driver - Oh happy day! She's a gray haired lady but I bet she knows her way around.
-Back on the bridge Kisha & Jen are slogging along, Jen's running along side the trike at one point but they keep going strong. The Globetrotters are trying to catch up but the girls are just too far ahead and they trike off towards THE FINISH LINE! (What? No memory challenge about the race - huh.)
KISHA & JEN are the winners of The Amazing Race! The second time in a row an all female team has won. (And I must admit I got a little teary for them.) Then they said they were doing this for their mom (they were raised by a single mom) and when Phil asked what they were going to do for her they said everything! (Ah, now I see why they wanted this to end on Mother's Day) Their Mom wants to start her own business and now they can help put her in a position of success (yup, I was crying.)
And, with Kisha & Jen: Susan N, Andria S, Kelvin H, Laurie T and Sandy G have won the Amazing Race Pool! Congratulations!
The Globetrotters came in 2nd. We didn't win? They say they got beat by a couple girls but it's okay - the girls were the most consistent team, they never came in first until it mattered but they never struggled either. Big Easy said they had a good time - they laughed, they sang, they danced... he's glad they did it.
Gary & Mallory came in 3rd - the experience was priceless for them to be able to do this together. Gary said they did it back to back and if they had the chance they'd probably do it again.
So, Unfinished Business is finished! It was a pretty good season even though the least likely team seemed to win (still a little bitter about the Cowboys elimination.) Have a great summer everyone.
Coleen
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