Riding a Bike Is Like Riding a Bike
We are continuing in Vietnam with all five teams as the last leg was a non-elimination, which means Tara & Joey will face a Speed Bump this leg.
Scott & Brooke made up with London & Logan - well, London's so easy going she says she's already forgotten the ladder incident. Scott is willing to be nice until it comes to winning the money - then anything goes.
Becca & Floyd are the first team out at 7:59am - they get the clue to head to the spectacular limestone mountains of Ninh Binh - they will have to take a bus and they are hoping that not everyone gets on the same bus so they can get some separation (all the teams leave within 48 minutes of each other.)
Becca & Floyd and Matt & Redmond are the only two teams that make the first bus which left at 9am.
London & Logan and Scott & Brooke made the 9:30am bus and were trying to bribe the bus driver to take off even though Tara & Joey were already there (apparently they all want to eliminate Mom & Dad this leg) but, much to their dismay, Tara & Joey do make the bus.
Ninh Binh - it's time to ride a bicycle to the Bich Dong Temple where they will have to pick up their Travelocity roaming gnome and get their next clue - this is also where Tara & Joey will face their Speed Bump. Matt was hoping it would be a little cooler - but it is not, so buckle up for another day of sweaty miserable Brooke (and everyone else.)
Becca & Floyd are the first team to get the gnome and the clue to head to Thon Hai Nham to search for their next clue - which is the ROADBLOCK: Basket Case. They have to load up a bike with the correct number of shrimp traps, then try to ride the balancing nightmare bike to deliver them to the fisherman and get their next clue.
-Floyd and Matt are going to be doing this one and they start out helping each other count the number of bundles of traps figuring they can keep their lead before the rest of the teams show up if they are cooperative. The one problem though is that Matt is Superman and Floyd is not.
The second bus has arrived in Ninh Binh and Brooke starts complaining even before they start riding about trying to ride with the backpack on her back, Scott doesn't even indulge her, "You'll have to balance." Tara & Joey take off like a shot, London & Logan right behind and Scott dragging Brooke behind - she's crying and groaning, Scott, "Oh my god, you're not giving birth." (Seriously, and she's just riding a bike.)
Roadblock:
-Immediately Floyd has a problem trying to balance the heavy bike and with his traps falling off. He just keeps going figuring he can deliver what he has then go back and get the rest... unfortunately that is not what happens, when he has the wrong number, he has to take everything with him, get the traps he's missing and come back again... Matt gets it right the first try and he's off. Becca is kicking herself for not doing this roadblock, she's used to riding a bike all the time, Floyd is not and it shows.
Bich Dong Temple - Tara & Joey get to their Speed Bump and find out they have to head to a local rice paddy and collect six dozen duck eggs to deliver to the farmer, before they can continue. So they get their gnome and off they go.
London & Logan get their gnome and head for the Roadblock.
Scott has to play cheerleader/drill sergeant to get Brooke to stop crying and move her butt so they can get their gnome and take off for the Roadblock.
Roadblock: Matt gets back after helping Floyd pick up the bike but he knows as he saw all the dropped baskets that Floyd is not anywhere near done. The Boys get the clue to head to Den Thai Vi Ben Thanh to get their next clue.
Speed Bump: Tara & Joey are searching for eggs in the thick foliage - seems to be going pretty quickly - but six dozen is a lot. They don't give up though and get the okay to head back to the temple and pick up the clue to the Roadblock.
Roadblock: London & Logan get there and she is going to be doing this one (really? That bike gets really heavy and awkward with the baskets on it.)
-Floyd has learned that he has to go back with all the baskets on the bike and pick up those he's lost - he's made an error in judgement, but he's Floyd, he'll get it done with a smile if he can.
Den Tahi Vi Ben Thanh - Matt & Redmond read that they have to row a boat like the locals do, with their feet, and deliver a tray of offerings to the traditional dragon boats which will give them their next clue. Either one of them can do this, but with Redmond only having one leg, it does fall to Matt and it's crazy - how do you row a boat with your feet? (oh, the best part, is the Roaming Gnome got a traditional Vietnamese hat to protect him in the boat - it was so cute.) Of course Matt figures out how to row the boat and they get the clue to the Pit Stop: Hang Mau Peak - where they will have to climb almost 500 steps to meet Phil at the top (are you kidding me? I think they were trying to kill them in Vietnam.)
Roadblock - London is still loading her bike when Brooke & Scott get there and Scott just says he's doing it (Brooke can't even ride a regular bike, are you kidding me.) Floyd finally comes back to pick up the dropped traps and Becca is still kicking herself.
-Scott had no problem with this task - he is a bigger guy so he was able to manhandle the bike and get the delivery done tout suite. They head for the foot rowing... which Scott ended up doing and they were bickering loudly in the boat, you should have seen the poor local woman stuck with them, she couldn't understand why they were yelling at each other (I feel for you lady.)
Roadblock -London and Floyd start out together-ish and her bike starts falling over, she is yelling for Floyd to help her (uh, lady, if he could do this, he'd be done - Poor Floyd, he's so nice, he's trying to help her too.) They get to the delivery area and, you guessed it, Floyd had lost traps again. London gets her clue and he's got to go back again. Floyd is so exhausted though, he just feels like taking a nap, and he's still pretty positive (come on Floyd - you can do it!)
-Joey & Tara get there and Joey bangs this one out with no problem, he and London head back with the clues and Floyd has to find his dropped baskets.
Hang Mau Peak - Matt & Redmond realize they have to climb a million steps but there is no quit in these two - just got to get it done - first place here they come.
Foot Rowing - Tara & Joey get in the boat and she is trying to row with her feet, she says it's harder than giving birth. Logan is trying to do it for them but he feels like he's too big, he can't even bend his legs enough not to get the oars caught on the seat. Scott & Brooke have rec'd the clue to the Pit Stop.
Floyd finally delivered all the baskets and was able to get back to Becca - but when they tried to head out on the bikes he was just so physically exhausted and probably nearing heat stroke - that he fell off the bike. Becca was initially exasperated but then it became apparent that he was really not able to continue and it got scary. They had medics looking him over while he lay in the shade trying to recover.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Matt & Redmond - They won a trip to Costa Rica.
2) Scott & Brooke - (Oh sweet Jebus - please don't let them win.)
3) Tara & Joey - Yay, Mom & Dad overcame a Speed Bump and are still there.
4) London & Logan - Those stairs were killer especially after such a physically demanding leg.
Becca & Floyd - ** ELIMINATED ** He was medically unable to continue and she agreed that she wouldn't want him to hurt himself trying to keep going - Phil came and met them right there by the road had to tell them the bad news. Floyd's undying positivity just ran him into the ground quite literally today. They had the best time on the race and to share it with someone else who just wants to enjoy life is just the piece de resistance.
So, with Team Fun leaving us too soon, that takes Sandy G., Bryon L., Ozzy R., and Lee B. out of the pool.
Next week it looks like there is some cup stacking and some video game playing - as they fight it out for the final three. It looks like the season finale is scheduled for June 1st - so still two episodes/weeks left.
Have a great long weekend everyone,
Coleen
We are continuing in Vietnam with all five teams as the last leg was a non-elimination, which means Tara & Joey will face a Speed Bump this leg.
Scott & Brooke made up with London & Logan - well, London's so easy going she says she's already forgotten the ladder incident. Scott is willing to be nice until it comes to winning the money - then anything goes.
Becca & Floyd are the first team out at 7:59am - they get the clue to head to the spectacular limestone mountains of Ninh Binh - they will have to take a bus and they are hoping that not everyone gets on the same bus so they can get some separation (all the teams leave within 48 minutes of each other.)
Becca & Floyd and Matt & Redmond are the only two teams that make the first bus which left at 9am.
London & Logan and Scott & Brooke made the 9:30am bus and were trying to bribe the bus driver to take off even though Tara & Joey were already there (apparently they all want to eliminate Mom & Dad this leg) but, much to their dismay, Tara & Joey do make the bus.
Ninh Binh - it's time to ride a bicycle to the Bich Dong Temple where they will have to pick up their Travelocity roaming gnome and get their next clue - this is also where Tara & Joey will face their Speed Bump. Matt was hoping it would be a little cooler - but it is not, so buckle up for another day of sweaty miserable Brooke (and everyone else.)
Becca & Floyd are the first team to get the gnome and the clue to head to Thon Hai Nham to search for their next clue - which is the ROADBLOCK: Basket Case. They have to load up a bike with the correct number of shrimp traps, then try to ride the balancing nightmare bike to deliver them to the fisherman and get their next clue.
-Floyd and Matt are going to be doing this one and they start out helping each other count the number of bundles of traps figuring they can keep their lead before the rest of the teams show up if they are cooperative. The one problem though is that Matt is Superman and Floyd is not.
The second bus has arrived in Ninh Binh and Brooke starts complaining even before they start riding about trying to ride with the backpack on her back, Scott doesn't even indulge her, "You'll have to balance." Tara & Joey take off like a shot, London & Logan right behind and Scott dragging Brooke behind - she's crying and groaning, Scott, "Oh my god, you're not giving birth." (Seriously, and she's just riding a bike.)
Roadblock:
-Immediately Floyd has a problem trying to balance the heavy bike and with his traps falling off. He just keeps going figuring he can deliver what he has then go back and get the rest... unfortunately that is not what happens, when he has the wrong number, he has to take everything with him, get the traps he's missing and come back again... Matt gets it right the first try and he's off. Becca is kicking herself for not doing this roadblock, she's used to riding a bike all the time, Floyd is not and it shows.
Bich Dong Temple - Tara & Joey get to their Speed Bump and find out they have to head to a local rice paddy and collect six dozen duck eggs to deliver to the farmer, before they can continue. So they get their gnome and off they go.
London & Logan get their gnome and head for the Roadblock.
Scott has to play cheerleader/drill sergeant to get Brooke to stop crying and move her butt so they can get their gnome and take off for the Roadblock.
Roadblock: Matt gets back after helping Floyd pick up the bike but he knows as he saw all the dropped baskets that Floyd is not anywhere near done. The Boys get the clue to head to Den Thai Vi Ben Thanh to get their next clue.
Speed Bump: Tara & Joey are searching for eggs in the thick foliage - seems to be going pretty quickly - but six dozen is a lot. They don't give up though and get the okay to head back to the temple and pick up the clue to the Roadblock.
Roadblock: London & Logan get there and she is going to be doing this one (really? That bike gets really heavy and awkward with the baskets on it.)
-Floyd has learned that he has to go back with all the baskets on the bike and pick up those he's lost - he's made an error in judgement, but he's Floyd, he'll get it done with a smile if he can.
Den Tahi Vi Ben Thanh - Matt & Redmond read that they have to row a boat like the locals do, with their feet, and deliver a tray of offerings to the traditional dragon boats which will give them their next clue. Either one of them can do this, but with Redmond only having one leg, it does fall to Matt and it's crazy - how do you row a boat with your feet? (oh, the best part, is the Roaming Gnome got a traditional Vietnamese hat to protect him in the boat - it was so cute.) Of course Matt figures out how to row the boat and they get the clue to the Pit Stop: Hang Mau Peak - where they will have to climb almost 500 steps to meet Phil at the top (are you kidding me? I think they were trying to kill them in Vietnam.)
Roadblock - London is still loading her bike when Brooke & Scott get there and Scott just says he's doing it (Brooke can't even ride a regular bike, are you kidding me.) Floyd finally comes back to pick up the dropped traps and Becca is still kicking herself.
-Scott had no problem with this task - he is a bigger guy so he was able to manhandle the bike and get the delivery done tout suite. They head for the foot rowing... which Scott ended up doing and they were bickering loudly in the boat, you should have seen the poor local woman stuck with them, she couldn't understand why they were yelling at each other (I feel for you lady.)
Roadblock -London and Floyd start out together-ish and her bike starts falling over, she is yelling for Floyd to help her (uh, lady, if he could do this, he'd be done - Poor Floyd, he's so nice, he's trying to help her too.) They get to the delivery area and, you guessed it, Floyd had lost traps again. London gets her clue and he's got to go back again. Floyd is so exhausted though, he just feels like taking a nap, and he's still pretty positive (come on Floyd - you can do it!)
-Joey & Tara get there and Joey bangs this one out with no problem, he and London head back with the clues and Floyd has to find his dropped baskets.
Hang Mau Peak - Matt & Redmond realize they have to climb a million steps but there is no quit in these two - just got to get it done - first place here they come.
Foot Rowing - Tara & Joey get in the boat and she is trying to row with her feet, she says it's harder than giving birth. Logan is trying to do it for them but he feels like he's too big, he can't even bend his legs enough not to get the oars caught on the seat. Scott & Brooke have rec'd the clue to the Pit Stop.
Floyd finally delivered all the baskets and was able to get back to Becca - but when they tried to head out on the bikes he was just so physically exhausted and probably nearing heat stroke - that he fell off the bike. Becca was initially exasperated but then it became apparent that he was really not able to continue and it got scary. They had medics looking him over while he lay in the shade trying to recover.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Matt & Redmond - They won a trip to Costa Rica.
2) Scott & Brooke - (Oh sweet Jebus - please don't let them win.)
3) Tara & Joey - Yay, Mom & Dad overcame a Speed Bump and are still there.
4) London & Logan - Those stairs were killer especially after such a physically demanding leg.
Becca & Floyd - ** ELIMINATED ** He was medically unable to continue and she agreed that she wouldn't want him to hurt himself trying to keep going - Phil came and met them right there by the road had to tell them the bad news. Floyd's undying positivity just ran him into the ground quite literally today. They had the best time on the race and to share it with someone else who just wants to enjoy life is just the piece de resistance.
So, with Team Fun leaving us too soon, that takes Sandy G., Bryon L., Ozzy R., and Lee B. out of the pool.
Next week it looks like there is some cup stacking and some video game playing - as they fight it out for the final three. It looks like the season finale is scheduled for June 1st - so still two episodes/weeks left.
Have a great long weekend everyone,
Coleen
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