The family edition of the Amazing Race concluded last night with the following events:
..the teams drove 81 miles south to Queenston, where they jumped into jet boats and motored out to the Niagara River whirlpool that contained a buoy holding their next clue. After retrieving it, the excited teams learned they were headed across the river to their final destination: Lewiston, NY.
After jetting their boats ashore — alleluia — the teams were given one final Roadblock, a task in which one member of each team had to puzzle their way through a large 71-piece jigsaw map of North and Central America. Nick Linz was able to overcome his initial inability to remember the true location of Oklahoma to beat Wally Bransen in their quest to pick up the pieces, and the jubilant Linz siblings met The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan at the finish mat, where they were greeted with the following watered-down finish line words:
“25 days… 50 cities… and more than 600 consecutive hours together as a family… Linz family, you are the official winners of The Amazing Race”
I’ve never been on the boats that go up the rapids, but I’ve seen them many times. I don’t know if I’m brave enough to go on them. But if a million dollars was riding on it, I’d probably find the nerve to do it 🙂