Wednesday, February 07, 2018

The Amazing Race 30: February 7 Blog Party


Ready for two hours of this? Oy! I'll be live blogging the major happenings the best I can as they air here on the East Coast. But the real party is in the comments area -- come join in on the fun!

The Left Coast Lovely SqueeGee SueGee has updated the blog pool --  

#TeamBigBrother (Cody & Jessica)    DeLee, ChicMc, Megan H
#TeamExtreme (Kristi & Jen)    Janice from GA/FL, Kristen From Ohio
#TeamFirefighters (Eric & Daniel)    Judi Sweeney, Indiana Jane
#TeamIndyCar (Alex & Conor)    SueGee, Brian, Brenda
#TeamOceanRescue (Lucas & Brittany)    Donna in FL, Glenn Allen
#TeamYale (Henry & Evan)    Jackie, Ed in Ohio

Philiminated    
#TeamRingGirls (Dessie & Kayla)   
#TeamGoatYoga (April & Sarah)    Sharon N, Merrilee

#TeamSlamDunk (Cedric & Shawn)    Nickelpeed, Willie in NC
#TeamChomp (Joey & Tim)    David, Chrob61, tbc 
#TeamWellStrung (Trevor & Chris)    Fred aka TwoBlackAces, Petals 

Are we ready? Yep! Let's get this show ON!

Teams are heading to Zimbabwe. They are at a Wildlife and Rhino Conservatory. Each team must build their own tent. Cody gets his tent done first. Jessica wasn't really any help.

Phil wakes them all up before dawn. He tells them they will partner swap and we get a commercial. Since Cody's tent was first, he chooses to swap with the Ski Gals because they're the strongest. Ocean goes with IndyCar. Yale gets the twins. They split up within that. 

Must take a raft out looking for canteens containing their next clue. From there they go to a ranger tower.

Detour: Rhino Track or Bushwhack. The rhinos horns have been removed already by the staff so poachers leave them alone. They must retrieve poaching clues or gather water. Neither Jess nor Kristi can drive a stick shift, so they can't do Bushwhack. 

Cody and Jen are through the Detour first and are on their way to the Pit Stop.

They get to the Pit Stop first but Phil tells them they need to wait for their teammates. Alex and Brittany arrive next. Lucas and Conor arrive. The partner swap is over and the race is still on. They get their next clue.

The teams are heading to the capital of Zimbabwe. 

Double U-Turn -- Indy U-Turned Yale, Ocean U-Turned Jody.

Delivering mail or delivering tires. 

From there, it's onto: Must learn a song and perform a local dance. Kristi and Jen are in the lead. Because singing the song is so hard, both U-Turned teams caught up and all are trying the song. Ocean gets through it first.

Pit Stop:
1. Lucas and Brittany - won trip to St. Lucia 
2. Kristi and Jen
3. Alex and Conor
4. Henry and Evan
5. Jessica and Cody
6. Eric and Daniel -- Philiminated

107 comments:

Nickelpeed said...

Hi Jackie and Vincent. And, everyone from the previous blog! LOL

Glenn Allen said...

Hi everybody! I wonder if this will be a non elimination leg with the team swap.

Nickelpeed said...

Man, I would LOVE to do that!! I'm jealous!!

Cheryl in NC said...

hi again Jackie and all!

Nickelpeed said...

HI Glenn!

SueGee said...

Hi again to everyone. Having some problems with Google tonight so I cleared my cache and re-signed in...hopefully here to stay LOL

SqueeGee

tbc said...

Hi, everyone! I brought Pinot Grigio and brownies

Cheryl in NC said...

Hey Squeegee penny and Glenn

Glenn Allen said...

Hi Penny and Cheryl

Nickelpeed said...

Hi SqeeGee!!! LOL. If I cleared my cache, I would not remember my password. I'd have to ask for reset my pass word!!!

Joe in NY said...

Hi again, folks

SueGee said...

This will be ending just as BB comes on here....long night

Cheryl in NC said...

Hi Tec..I can use a glass of wine or 5...haha

Cheryl in NC said...

Hey Joe

SueGee said...

I have a program for that Penny. I just have to remember one password anymore.

Cheryl in NC said...

Glenn y'all get hammered with rain today too?

Nickelpeed said...

I want to see this part of Africa so badly. It's on my bucket list with Australia.

Glenn Allen said...

Suegee I have been having the same problem as well!Hi TBC!

tbc said...

Here you go, Cheryl! *clink*

Nickelpeed said...

I'm afraid if my computer ever zapped out, the password program would be gone.

I want to be there!!!

Nickelpeed said...

I'm wondering if poachers got the rhino's horn or if the reserve took it off to save it.

Nickelpeed said...

When I was stationed at Patrick AFB in Florida, I belonged to a unit who did this. We had to put up the HUGE tents to live in and to have a chow hall.

SueGee said...

Poachers have to kill them to get the horns. The reserve has drugs

Glenn Allen said...

We did get rain. How was your weather? It has been either cold or rainy here lately!

SueGee said...

Still problems Glenn. Glad to know it is not my computer

Nickelpeed said...

So does 1 and 6 swap and so on? This is going to be interesting.

Cheryl in NC said...

Same here Glenn..pretty warm today but the rain was bad

tbc said...

Glenn, we had snow this morning, then freezing rain all afternoon. Messy and not terribly safe for driving....

Glenn Allen said...

Penny I had to help put up our big Battalion aid Station tent when I was in the national Guard.. It was huge.

Nickelpeed said...

You're right Sue. I just realized what I said. Poachers always kill the animal.

David said...

Not just you SueGee, I have to refresh to get it to load quite often tonight.

And Hi everyone. =)

Nickelpeed said...

It's not as easy as it looks on tv, huh Glenn. I used to dread going out in the field. Those tents are heavy!!

tbc said...

Well, they can’t eliminate one person from one team and another person from another team. How are they going to do this?

SueGee said...

Jackie - are you feeling any better? News on your next tests??

SueGee said...

I think the switch has to be just for a challenge

Nickelpeed said...

With my internet, it's terribly slow. Since we live in the middle of farm fields, we only have 2 choices. Satellite or DSL. Satellite is so expensive, so we have DSL with a slow speed of 3 mbps. Very slow.

Nickelpeed said...

He answered my question.

Judi Sweeney said...

That sound very frustrating Penny!

Nickelpeed said...

I never understand why people don't learn to drive a standard for these challenges.

Cody looks very concerned.

David said...

LOL Penny. I am in the same boat except my top speed available is 1.5 mbps. DSL system is so overloaded they refuse to take new customers. If I ask about DSL for my address on CenturyLink site it tells me it is not available in my area. =/ Good thing I am grandfathered in.

tbc said...

I don’t understand how they don’t learn to drive stick before going on this show.

Glenn Allen said...

That is a true statement Penny! Hopefully this is a non elimination leg and they put the teams back together.

Cheryl in NC said...

Surprised Jody and partners are doing different challenges

Nickelpeed said...

It is Judy. It also goes out at least once a week. I have to use a hot spot on my phone to do anything on my computer. Our phone company does offer higher mbps, but not in my area. LOL

Jackie S. said...

Sue- this 3 hour bit tonight is not comfortable.

Nickelpeed said...

Cheryl, Jessica and I can't remember the woman's name, can't drive a stick shift.

Nickelpeed said...

I didn't realize this is a 2 hour episode.

tbc said...

Aww, Jackie, I’m sorry.

Nickelpeed said...

Catskills!!! Beautiful area. They used to have a huge zoo there - Catskill Game Farm - the owners closed it down because their children and grandchildren weren't interested in running the farm. It was sad. It was a large part of my childhood.

Joe in NY said...

I don't know who to cheer for with them all mixed up like this. I wish I knew how this is supposed to play out.

Joe in NY said...

"I'm going to have you walk through to make sure there aren't any crocs." LMAO. NO THANK YOU!

Nickelpeed said...

They have to walk in the water first? To make sure there are no crocs or deep holes. LOLOLOL

SueGee said...

Blogger is so wonky I can only read what Jackie is saying from the comments page. No problems reading and leaving comments so far (knock on wood) I usually have two tabs open and switch back and forth

Nickelpeed said...

LOL, Joe, you thought the same thing I did.

SueGee said...

I feel for you Jackie...so sorry they are dragging this out....

Nickelpeed said...

This would be so fun! I am so jealous. I want to be there!!!

Joe in NY said...

Wow, if they don't know how many they need. good luck. Someone's going to miss one and end up in last.

Joe in NY said...

Oh, dear god..pit stop already?!?!?

Cheryl in NC said...

Come on Jen and other girl..lol

Nickelpeed said...

Now Jessica and Jen need to get done.

SueGee said...

Ah - you are only as good as your partner's partner

Nickelpeed said...

These poor guys. That would be terrible.

Glenn Allen said...

Wow a couple teams stuck in the mud. thisis interesting that both swapped teams have to arrve to check in.

SueGee said...

I wonder if it will end in a double philimination? or non-philimination?

Nickelpeed said...

I love that - that was less than enjoyable. LOL

Does any one know what happens if a team is last? Since there are 2 different teammates, how do they handle it. They get to leave last?

tbc said...

What if Jen and Jessica come in last? Do they eliminate both teams or is this a non elimination round?

Nickelpeed said...

Love this commercial - Oscar LaVista - Hahahahahaha

Judi Sweeney said...

Oh my word.... having to wait for teammates has to really be stressful!

Nickelpeed said...

Very stressful

Cheryl in NC said...

I thought Jesus would do better at this

SueGee said...

I LOVE AUTOCORRECT

tbc said...

Oh boy, they keep making it worse

Glenn Allen said...

My team lifeguards still tied for first. Jess and her partner need to solve the puzzle!

Nickelpeed said...

Well it's not an elimination, so it's a matter of getting a good head start.

Judi Sweeney said...

I kind of like that they are forced to work together in the swapping

Nickelpeed said...

They have a lot to catching up to do.

Nickelpeed said...

I would love to stay at the refuge. Beautiful

Cheryl in NC said...

Haha squeegee..not me!!

SueGee said...

Ha ha ha Cheryl. Jesus would not be struggling

Nickelpeed said...

Dang. They will not like this. UGH. I hate U-turns.

Glenn Allen said...

Two teams u turned. I hate that my team uturned jody.

Nickelpeed said...

Now, now, Jessica, you guys U-turned someone.

Glenn Allen said...

I am surprized that team extreame was not uturned.

Nickelpeed said...

I think the two other teams like the extreme women.

SueGee said...

I just looked and it seems we have the same schedule next week, hour of BB then 2 hrs of TAR. Not sure what I want to see from the Olympics...

Judi Sweeney said...

Wow.... both U turns were used!

Nickelpeed said...

Those stairs. I wouldn't be able to handle that. I could walk down them, but I'd never make it up. LOL

tbc said...

Jackie, thank you for hosting and posting. Feel better soon.

See you all next week for TAR. See you tomorrow for BB (I hope)

Nickelpeed said...

I would sound very funny on these. I have a strong NY accent, so me singing those words would sound hilarious.

Nickelpeed said...

That was nice of Indy. I hope Jody never stabs them in the back.

Nickelpeed said...

Have a nice night tbc

Nickelpeed said...

Could the two hours be because Survivor starts Feb 28. I don't think CBS would put TAR, BB, and Survivor one after the other on Wed. Although, that would be cool. They need to finish up before Survivor or on the same date.

SueGee said...

I thought I read somewhere TAR was going to be done fast this time. BB and TAR could survive on the same day

Nickelpeed said...

I think I read where the TAR finale is on the same day as the Survivor premiere.

Glenn Allen said...

My team wins. they get their second Honeymoon trip.

Nickelpeed said...

It's a quicker tempo. They need to pick it up, or they'll go home.

Jackie S. said...

I think CBS just wants to kill me with the schedules and live feeds.

SueGee said...

Sorry Jackie - I sure hope you can get some relief soon!

Nickelpeed said...

Oh gosh, this is draaaaaaaging out. Wow.

Nickelpeed said...

I'm sorry, Jackie. I know this is hard for you. Maybe after this, you can get some much needed sleep.

SueGee said...

It is time for BB to start here....live feeds in an hour or so

Nickelpeed said...

It's dangerous to run out in front of those cars. They do not stop.

Nickelpeed said...

Thank you, Jackie. Will see everyone next week. Have a good week.

SueGee said...

Good night everyone!!

Jackie S. said...

Thanks for coming by!

David said...

Thanks Jackie =)

POP starts BB After Dark tonight also in case you didn't get enough BB.

The pool table and an indoor Jacuzzi is an interesting twist. The backyard also looked covered. Wonder if it is even the same BB House set.

chrob61 said...

Just now getting caught up- so next week's show is another 2 hours?? Better remember to correct my DVR!