And so we end it where we began it - not knowing what the fuck TTOW stands for (sorry to all you folks finding my blog trying to find the answer), and also in Red Rocks, Colorado. I liked that this season. It was a nice touch.
This is the second time that my pre-race prediction has gone on to win the race. And both times I've picked the winners they have been folks not only racing for the money, but for the experience of running around the world and meeting lots of cool people. And in both instances, the meeting of the cool people has aided the team in running a clean race and winning the prize.
Which is lucky for the hippies. Because the regularly and continually made rookie mistakes - tonight it was not seeing the stack of snowshoes staring them in the face in Alaska - yet still managed to pull through with the win. In the end it was brains over brawn, as the teams had to pull out flags of the countries they've been to and place them in the correct order. A very introspective race this year, reflecting back on where we started and where we've been. The race is about to turn double digits, so maybe it's how a reality TV show faces its' midlife crisis head-on.
As we got to the end of the race I started to get excited that all three teams would be in it to the very own. But then Ray and Yolanda did something that made them fall behind and they could never catch up. They played all nice on the finish mat, but my prediction is that relationship won't last. They'll take their trip to Sydney together and have a grand time, but will sleep on opposite ends of the king bed. Or maybe even ask for a room with two queens.
But Ray does get points for boiling down something I've been trying to get at since I've started blogging about the race when it comes to dating couples. He was talking about how you can be discussing directions to somewhere, but it's so much more than that, and all of a sudden you're having a fight. Which basically describes how Ray and Yolanda ran the race. His comment was, "It goes from 'The Amazing Race' to 'The Amazing Relationship Race' in a heartbeat." Spot on! And people can't just multi-task like that!
So my only dissapointment is that the hippies didn't present the IOU to the frat boys at the finish line. Especially because the frat boys seemed MAD that they came in second place. UPSET that they got to run around the world on someone else's dime, bang some hot chicks with fake boobs, and win a hundred thousand bucks at the end of it all. Boo-freaking-hoo! Especially since I vote them most likely to start whoring themselves out to every MTV and Fox reality show that comes calling. We have not seen the end of them, just wait and see.
And wait until next season of The Amazing Race. You know I'll be back.
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