Beards in the Wind
Last week there was the heartbreak elimination of Chester & Ephraim at the Lisbon airport.
This week, Nicole & Travis are the first team heading out at 11:08pm - They get the clue to make their way to Norway - by plane and ferry - once they get to Svolvaer, Norway, they'll find their next clue at the ferry terminal.
-Nicole is from Brooklyn, everything was about hustling and making sure people don't take advantage of you and she feels this has been an asset in the race - Travis is glad she's so tough.
-Amy & Jason depart at 11:14pm - they are not excited to be going to the Arctic circle - but they are happy to have founded an alliance with Travis & Nicole, they are their mentors and little family on the race. (Right.)
-These two teams hit a travel agency and find out the only flight out is the next morning - meaning everyone is going to be on it.
Bodo, Norway - once the flight lands they all head for the ferry and they are all complaining about the cold.
Getting on the ferry Marie in voice over is telling us that she plans to hold on to the 2nd Express Pass until the last possible moment when they step on the mat at the end of the 5th leg. She tells us who definitely is NOT getting it - the Afghanimals, they're jerks and the Ice girls, might as well be in the Afghanimals' backpacks... She had considered giving it to Travis & Nicole since they would have come in first without the penalty but that would be a challenge for Marie & Tim to still have them around. (And God forbid you do the decent thing.)
-The Ferry docks at 11:05pm and it's still daylight, the sun never sets in the Arctic circle in the summer - they all take off running for the clue box and get the clue for the DETOUR: Hang Your Heads or Hammer of the Cods.
In Hang Your Heads: they have to string together six bundles of 10 fish heads each. They must then transport the strings of heads in a wheelbarrow type cart to the giant drying racks where they have to string them up to dry in the Arctic sun. Once all 6 strings are hung, they'll get their next clue.
In Hammer of the Cods: They have to collect 15 pairs of cod from enormous 30ft high drying racks - then take the dried fish inside and pound them with a giant hammer to make 1 kilo of fish jerky without the bones. Once they weigh in at 1 kilo, they'll get their next clue.
-Everyone chooses their tasks, most chose to hang the heads but a couple are going for the hammering - but then they all are stymied by how far away the tasks are, how many miles in a kilometer? - do they run or take a cab? It's 11:30 at night and the one cab took Marie & Tim to the Fish heads. The Beards decide they are running it and take off to Hang some Heads. Everyone else is just standing around.
Slowly they all start showing up and are stringing the fish heads. Marie & Tim had the count wrong, they were doing 8 heads per and Amy told her it should be 10 (really? Why would you help her?) Marie doesn't care why, she'll take help all day, as long as they don't expect anything from her in return.
-So we have Tim & Marie, Bearded dudes, Travis & Nicole, Amy & Jason, Afghanimals and Ice girls all stringing heads.
-The Okies are doing the hammering and that leaves the Baseball wives still hoofing it to the detour - they are planning on hammering too.
-Tim & Danny get to the drying racks and one of them has to climb all the way to the top to retrieve the dried fish - scary - the other has to hold all the fish until they have 15 pairs and can start pounding.
-The Fish head stringers are starting to leave the stringing areas a team at a time. The Afghanimals run into trouble because they chose a wheel barrow with a flat tire and of course they have a long way to travel.
-Tim & Marie get to the drying rack with their strings of fish heads and the clue says one team per pole but they didn't check if it was a marked pole so they are wrong and Marie, as usual, can't believe she could do anything wrong.
-Amy & Jason are right, they chose a marked pole.
-The Bearded boys show up and they notice right away the marked poles... Steamroller Marie needs to calm the heck down, she's demanding to know what they did differently but everyone's ignoring her.
-Jason & Amy get the clue to take a high speed ride to another village and look for their next clue.
-Brandon & Adam get the clue and Marie tries to manipulate them with the Express Pass for their help - the boys know that she has offered it to everyone at some point to get help and they say, "We don't need your stinking express pass" and take off (good for you!)
-Marie & Tim still have no clue what they've done wrong. She says, "Why is this happening to me, I've been nice to everyone." (Wow, just wow.) She mentions using their Express Pass but Tim thinks they're still ok.
-Jason & Amy pass Nicole & Travis on the way to the drying racks and Amy tells them to make sure to look for the marked poles.
-At the racks Marie barges over to check what Travis & Nicole are doing and finally realizes the end of the pole needs to be marked - she just starts yelling at Tim take they off!
-The Okies are heading back with their dry fish and they are really heavy - they finally get to the hammering place and are just so happy not to be walking anymore.
-The Baseball wives are trying to carry the heavy dried fish too - meanwhile everyone else is done hanging the heads and heading out for the high speed boat ride.
-Brandon & Adam are the first team to the ROADBLOCK clue - Who's the Biggest Swinger?
-This Roadblock requires one team member to jump off a bridge, swinging down on a rope, then unclipping to fall in the frigid water where they will have to swim to a buoy and retrieve their next clue. (I would so be yelling NOT IT!)
-Bearded Brandon is the first one doing the swinging. Brandon was excited to do this task, they used to jump off bridges as kids (of course they did) and he can swim like a seal - yup, he made it look easy.
-The Bearded Boys get the clue that they have to choose a Ford Ranger, hook it up to a sled loaded with the giant granite boulder, then drag it far enough to reveal their next clue (Viking Longhouse) and a pouch of Viking coins they'll need for later in the Race.
-Jason is the next person to jump off the bridge, which he does alright but then he can't reach the release ball to fall into the water... but he finally gets it.
-Tim does the jump with Marie doubting him the whole time.
-Doctor Nicole is the first woman to do it - she does great.
-The Okies are still pounding their fish when the baseball wives finally show up - they definitely chose the harder task. Okies finish and head out - leaving the Brunette Barbies in last place.
-People are still jumping off the bridge - everyone is getting it done, no balking. (I think they are all just tired, it's probably 2am and they've been going all day - sure, let's jump off a bridge, why not?)
-The beards get their boulder hooked up and do the Ford commercial, "Wow, this is a powerful rig." They retrieve the pouch and head for the Pit Stop - the Viking Longhouse.
-Jason has experience with trucks and chains so he has no problem hooking up the boulder. Tim & Marie don't and Tim has to deal with her yelling at him the whole time. Jason & Amy get the clue and the pouch - Marie & Tim, ever impatient, just grab the pouch and takes off after everyone else, but they left the clue with the Viking Longhouse picture behind... (Can't say I'm sad to see that.)
-The Ice girls have problems with the Ford Ranger because it's a stick shift (I can't believe people go on this show without knowing how to drive a standard.) They ask the Okies to show them how to get the truck into reverse and the boys are so nice, they do it.
-Nicky & Kim (Baseball Wives) are finally at the bridge and Nicky jumps off - they are just hoping that someone messes up so they are not out of the Race.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Brandon & Adam - recognize the power of the beard! They won $5000 each! The other news is that they are still Racing - Phil hands them another clue and they take off.
-Marie & Tim are driving around, they have no idea where they need to go because they didn't take the scrap of cloth with the long house on it.
-Travis & Nicole come up on them looking all desperate and lost and Nicole sees her opportunity - she tells Marie she'll tell her where to go but she wants the Express Pass - Marie's first instinct is "no way," she's the only one allowed to demand things - so Nicole says, do you want it or not? You need us, we don't need you - and they drive off. (LOVE IT!)
To Be Continued... (aww)
Next week: They face a double U-Turn ahead and it looks like more dressing up in fancy costumes :)
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
Last week there was the heartbreak elimination of Chester & Ephraim at the Lisbon airport.
This week, Nicole & Travis are the first team heading out at 11:08pm - They get the clue to make their way to Norway - by plane and ferry - once they get to Svolvaer, Norway, they'll find their next clue at the ferry terminal.
-Nicole is from Brooklyn, everything was about hustling and making sure people don't take advantage of you and she feels this has been an asset in the race - Travis is glad she's so tough.
-Amy & Jason depart at 11:14pm - they are not excited to be going to the Arctic circle - but they are happy to have founded an alliance with Travis & Nicole, they are their mentors and little family on the race. (Right.)
-These two teams hit a travel agency and find out the only flight out is the next morning - meaning everyone is going to be on it.
Bodo, Norway - once the flight lands they all head for the ferry and they are all complaining about the cold.
Getting on the ferry Marie in voice over is telling us that she plans to hold on to the 2nd Express Pass until the last possible moment when they step on the mat at the end of the 5th leg. She tells us who definitely is NOT getting it - the Afghanimals, they're jerks and the Ice girls, might as well be in the Afghanimals' backpacks... She had considered giving it to Travis & Nicole since they would have come in first without the penalty but that would be a challenge for Marie & Tim to still have them around. (And God forbid you do the decent thing.)
-The Ferry docks at 11:05pm and it's still daylight, the sun never sets in the Arctic circle in the summer - they all take off running for the clue box and get the clue for the DETOUR: Hang Your Heads or Hammer of the Cods.
In Hang Your Heads: they have to string together six bundles of 10 fish heads each. They must then transport the strings of heads in a wheelbarrow type cart to the giant drying racks where they have to string them up to dry in the Arctic sun. Once all 6 strings are hung, they'll get their next clue.
In Hammer of the Cods: They have to collect 15 pairs of cod from enormous 30ft high drying racks - then take the dried fish inside and pound them with a giant hammer to make 1 kilo of fish jerky without the bones. Once they weigh in at 1 kilo, they'll get their next clue.
-Everyone chooses their tasks, most chose to hang the heads but a couple are going for the hammering - but then they all are stymied by how far away the tasks are, how many miles in a kilometer? - do they run or take a cab? It's 11:30 at night and the one cab took Marie & Tim to the Fish heads. The Beards decide they are running it and take off to Hang some Heads. Everyone else is just standing around.
Slowly they all start showing up and are stringing the fish heads. Marie & Tim had the count wrong, they were doing 8 heads per and Amy told her it should be 10 (really? Why would you help her?) Marie doesn't care why, she'll take help all day, as long as they don't expect anything from her in return.
-So we have Tim & Marie, Bearded dudes, Travis & Nicole, Amy & Jason, Afghanimals and Ice girls all stringing heads.
-The Okies are doing the hammering and that leaves the Baseball wives still hoofing it to the detour - they are planning on hammering too.
-Tim & Danny get to the drying racks and one of them has to climb all the way to the top to retrieve the dried fish - scary - the other has to hold all the fish until they have 15 pairs and can start pounding.
-The Fish head stringers are starting to leave the stringing areas a team at a time. The Afghanimals run into trouble because they chose a wheel barrow with a flat tire and of course they have a long way to travel.
-Tim & Marie get to the drying rack with their strings of fish heads and the clue says one team per pole but they didn't check if it was a marked pole so they are wrong and Marie, as usual, can't believe she could do anything wrong.
-Amy & Jason are right, they chose a marked pole.
-The Bearded boys show up and they notice right away the marked poles... Steamroller Marie needs to calm the heck down, she's demanding to know what they did differently but everyone's ignoring her.
-Jason & Amy get the clue to take a high speed ride to another village and look for their next clue.
-Brandon & Adam get the clue and Marie tries to manipulate them with the Express Pass for their help - the boys know that she has offered it to everyone at some point to get help and they say, "We don't need your stinking express pass" and take off (good for you!)
-Marie & Tim still have no clue what they've done wrong. She says, "Why is this happening to me, I've been nice to everyone." (Wow, just wow.) She mentions using their Express Pass but Tim thinks they're still ok.
-Jason & Amy pass Nicole & Travis on the way to the drying racks and Amy tells them to make sure to look for the marked poles.
-At the racks Marie barges over to check what Travis & Nicole are doing and finally realizes the end of the pole needs to be marked - she just starts yelling at Tim take they off!
-The Okies are heading back with their dry fish and they are really heavy - they finally get to the hammering place and are just so happy not to be walking anymore.
-The Baseball wives are trying to carry the heavy dried fish too - meanwhile everyone else is done hanging the heads and heading out for the high speed boat ride.
-Brandon & Adam are the first team to the ROADBLOCK clue - Who's the Biggest Swinger?
-This Roadblock requires one team member to jump off a bridge, swinging down on a rope, then unclipping to fall in the frigid water where they will have to swim to a buoy and retrieve their next clue. (I would so be yelling NOT IT!)
-Bearded Brandon is the first one doing the swinging. Brandon was excited to do this task, they used to jump off bridges as kids (of course they did) and he can swim like a seal - yup, he made it look easy.
-The Bearded Boys get the clue that they have to choose a Ford Ranger, hook it up to a sled loaded with the giant granite boulder, then drag it far enough to reveal their next clue (Viking Longhouse) and a pouch of Viking coins they'll need for later in the Race.
-Jason is the next person to jump off the bridge, which he does alright but then he can't reach the release ball to fall into the water... but he finally gets it.
-Tim does the jump with Marie doubting him the whole time.
-Doctor Nicole is the first woman to do it - she does great.
-The Okies are still pounding their fish when the baseball wives finally show up - they definitely chose the harder task. Okies finish and head out - leaving the Brunette Barbies in last place.
-People are still jumping off the bridge - everyone is getting it done, no balking. (I think they are all just tired, it's probably 2am and they've been going all day - sure, let's jump off a bridge, why not?)
-The beards get their boulder hooked up and do the Ford commercial, "Wow, this is a powerful rig." They retrieve the pouch and head for the Pit Stop - the Viking Longhouse.
-Jason has experience with trucks and chains so he has no problem hooking up the boulder. Tim & Marie don't and Tim has to deal with her yelling at him the whole time. Jason & Amy get the clue and the pouch - Marie & Tim, ever impatient, just grab the pouch and takes off after everyone else, but they left the clue with the Viking Longhouse picture behind... (Can't say I'm sad to see that.)
-The Ice girls have problems with the Ford Ranger because it's a stick shift (I can't believe people go on this show without knowing how to drive a standard.) They ask the Okies to show them how to get the truck into reverse and the boys are so nice, they do it.
-Nicky & Kim (Baseball Wives) are finally at the bridge and Nicky jumps off - they are just hoping that someone messes up so they are not out of the Race.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Brandon & Adam - recognize the power of the beard! They won $5000 each! The other news is that they are still Racing - Phil hands them another clue and they take off.
-Marie & Tim are driving around, they have no idea where they need to go because they didn't take the scrap of cloth with the long house on it.
-Travis & Nicole come up on them looking all desperate and lost and Nicole sees her opportunity - she tells Marie she'll tell her where to go but she wants the Express Pass - Marie's first instinct is "no way," she's the only one allowed to demand things - so Nicole says, do you want it or not? You need us, we don't need you - and they drive off. (LOVE IT!)
To Be Continued... (aww)
Next week: They face a double U-Turn ahead and it looks like more dressing up in fancy costumes :)
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
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