Amazing Race: Back Into the Bog

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Amazing Race
We’re Not Meant For the Swamp

I first heard of Estonia while watching Encino Man. Yes, that classic movie. I didn’t think it was a country that existed anymore, but had been renamed into something else. I’m still surprised when I hear it.

The teams left the pit stop in the following order:

  1. Big Easy & Flight Time – Harlem Globetrotters – 2:23 am
  2. Meghan & Cheyne – Tetherball – 4:12 am
  3. Brian & Ericka – IR Couple – 4:37 am
  4. Sam & Dan – Gay Brothers – 5:04 am
  5. Gary & Matt – Pinky & the Brain – 6:29 am

Clue: Teams had to cross the Baltic Sea to get to Tallinn, Estonia. Once there, teams had to figure out how to open up a door to the building of Mustpeade, the secret lair to the Brotherhood of Black Hats, which is a society of merchants that have been around for over 600 years.

Teams had to take a ferry to get where they were going. The Globetrotters arrived at the ferry station to find out that the next ferry heading to Tallinn would be leaving at 5:45 pm. Everyone would catch up! The trip would be a 16-hour trip so the teams would be very rested when they made it over to Estonia.

Tallinn, Estonia

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Tetherball and the brothers got to Mustpeade first. They were given ten keys with their last clue so Cheyne was trying each one to get the door open. They found the right key, opened the door, ran inside and closed it before IR Couple got to the building. The next clue was a road block.

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Road Block: One team member would join the brotherhood to uncover a mystery. One team member had to descend into a cellar and find a candelabra with a room number attached.  They would have to find that room and be given a blank scroll. If they hold the message up to candle light, they can reveal their next clue on the scroll.

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Sam and Cheyne decided to do it. They picked up their candles with room numbers and went searching for the room. IR Couple was figuring out which key to use to get inside the building when Pinky & the Brain arrived. They saw that their Speed Bump was there.

Speed Bump: They had to find a sauna bus and take a 5-minute sauna with a group of locals.

They ran off to look for the bus while the Globetrotters arrived at the building. They both got into the building, while Sam and Cheyne were still looking for their rooms. Ericka and Flight Time decided to do it. Pinky & the Brain found their bus. They stripped down, put on their towels and found a sauna on the bus to sit in. It was all weird sitting right next to some other people sweating. They loved it though.Matt really liked it since he was sitting right next to a young blonde woman.

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Flight Time was the first one to find his room number. He got his scroll and noticed there was some red crayon type thing attached so he thought he had to scribble on it to get the clue. Cheyne found his room. He was holding it up to the candle to see if he could see anything. Ericka found her room. After Flight Time had finished scribbling, he held it up to the candle and then placed the scribbled side down on the piano while he rooted around for something saying he couldn’t see anything. If he was standing at the right angle, he could have seen the message that the candle just made appear on the paper. Sam finally found his room. He was holding a long match up to the paper to see if he could see anything on it.

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After holding it up for a while, Cheyne finally saw the message on the paper: Pikk Hermann Tower Garden. Ericka saw it too. They both ran out to their teammates and took off. Pinky & the Brain were done with their sauna and headed back to the building. They figured out the key and got into the building. Matt decided to do it, but he couldn’t figure out what candelabra was to pick something up. Sam finally saw the message and soon after Flight Time saw it too. Matt was asking people if they were a candelabra and if they could lead him to a room. He finally figured out that it sounded like a candle and picked one up with a number on it.

Fun With Mud

Tetherball and IR Couple found the tower garden first and the next clue, which was a detour.

Detour: In Serve, teams would have to play a round of volleyball against a local team in the bog. They would have to earn five points in the mud to earn their next clue. In Sling, teams would have to plant themselves in the mud and shoot assorted vegetables with a sling shot at a moose target. When they hit the sign directly in the center, the table below it would collapse, leaving a pile of cabbages and their next clue.

Both teams decided to go with volleyball. While running to some taxis, Tetherball saw one first. Brian asked if they could get their taxi to call another one. They said okay and then Ericka came up yelling at Brian about giving away their taxi. He said they saw it first, so he didn’t give it away. As soon as Tetherball got into the taxi, they told the driver to ignore the request to call another one and just go to where they needed to go. IR Couple got another taxi quickly though. Back at the road block, Matt saw some message on the paper, but thought he had to scribble it out too. He finally saw the message though and ran to meet his dad.

The brothers and Globetrotters were still looking for the tower. Pinky & the Brain got directions to the tower. The brothers and Globetrotters decided to do volleyball. They were having problems finding free taxis. They both ran for a big free one and argued over it so much that the huge taxi just took both teams. They both fit in it so might as well! Pinky & the Brain found the tower, but they were on the backside of it so they had to run around and find the entrance to get to where the clue box would be.

While heading to the detours, teams were realizing that it said they had to play in their underwear. Meghan said she wasn’t playing in her underwear. Ericka was informed Brian that he had to get some underwear out for her since she was only wearing a pair of stringy thong undies. Pinky & the Brain found the tower, but missed seeing the clue box. They thought they had to climb it. They ran around a bit more and finally found it. They decided to do the sling shot detour.

Tetherball arrived first to the volleyball. Meghan stepped into the mud after changing and went all the way up to her thigh. She did not expect it to be so deep. She used to play volleyball and Cheyne used to play beach volleyball so they had some experience. They had four out of five points when IR Couple, Brothers and Globetrotters arrived close to where they needed to be. They all got out of their taxis, but couldn’t find the marked path. They looked more in a camping area than where Tetherball had been dropped off. They were wandering through the forest aimlessly while Tetherball got their next clue.

Clue: Run to the next pit stop at Keava Raba Overlook Tower.

Pit Stop

It was in the middle of the bog if teams could see it. They did see it and checked in with Phil in first place. They both won a sauna.

The other teams finally went back towards the road and saw the marked path. They all made it to the volleyball field and Sam really liked the Estonian guys in their speedos. IR Couple got up to the volleyball area last and only two teams could do it at once so they decided to try the sling shot since it was right there. They put on their bog shoes, which were like snow shoes, and headed out to the bog.

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While they were shooting and missing at the moose sign, the cameras were blurring out the crotches of the brothers. Hilarious! Both the brothers and Globetrotters had no points while Pinky & the Brain were still headed to the detour. While Big Easy was stuck, he managed to get a point for his team. The brothers finally started making points too. Ericka hit the sign once, but it wasn’t dead on to make the table fall.

The Globetrotters finished up while the brothers still had one point left to get. The Globetrotters got their clue and started headed back into the forest. The brothers finally got their last point. When they read the clue, Dan saw the pit stop and told Sam they had to go the opposite direction since the Globetrotters were going the wrong way. The Globetrotters happened to look back to see the brothers headed in the direction of the pit stop, so they started running back. Flight Time ran by Dan and started falling. He had already slipped while running on the slippery paths in the middle of the bog once. He dragged Dan down with him, but Dan got back up quicker and the brothers checked in with Phil in second place with the Globetrotters in third place. Big Easy said they threw an elbow and Dan said he didn’t know how he could do that since he didn’t even know Flight Time was there, until he was right next to him, falling. Flight Time was saying nothing so I figure he knows what he did.

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Pinky & the Brain finally arrived at the detour. IR Couple were still working on the sling shot. Brian finally got it and the clue. They ran to the pit stop. Pinky & the Brain got to the sling shot and did eventually get it. They knew they were in last place. They were eliminated from the race.

The order the teams arrived at the pit stop:

  1. Meghan & Cheyne – Tetherball
  2. Sam & Dan – Gay Brothers
  3. Flight Time & Big Easy – Globetrotters
  4. Brian & Ericka – IR Couple
  5. Gary & Matt – Pinky & the Brain

Questions

  1. Were you sad to see Pinky & the Brain go?
  2. What do you think about the scuffle between the brothers and the Globetrotters?

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