TAR13, Recap Leg 11, 12/7/08

Welcome to Leg 11! Last time, on The Adventures of an Amazing Fanny Pack, teams raced from around the city of Moscow, where Dandrew danced their way into the final three when Dallas left the passports in a cab. And now, after all the craziness of the race, we have three teams, consisting of the Evans family and Dandrew. Woot. This is going to be anti-climactic. Anyway, who will win the Amazing Race 13? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Nick/Starr, Team HSM! *jazz hands*
2nd – Andrew/Dan, Team Superbad
3rd – Ken/Tina, Team Mom and Dad Evans

Nazkuchny Sad Park, Moscow, Russia

10:56 PM Nick/Starr (1st)
Clue: Fly 5000 miles to your final destination city, Portland, Oregon, USA! Then, take a taxi to Tilikum Adventure Camp to get your next clue.

2:28 AM Dan/Andrew (2nd) – Dan: “We deserve to be here.” On what planet? I mean, really. The team that has finished next to last on just about every leg DESERVES to be in the final three? Not quite.
3:30 AM Ken/Tina (3rd)

Teams arrive at the airport in the following order:

1- Nick/Starr
2- Andrew/Dan
3- Ken/Tina

Teams are now on the Amazing Yellow Line (Frankfurt: BOING!) as teams all get on the 7:05 departure to Portland though Frankfurt. Teams then arrive in Portland in the following order:

1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Dan/Andrew – who get a taxi driver who has no clue where he’s going. Great. And then there were two.

Teams now taxi to Tilikum and get the next clue in the following order:

1- Ken/Tina
2- Nick/Starr
3- Dan/Andrew

And now, we get the last Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
High and Dry OR Low and Slow

*High and Dry: Teams must climb 30 feet up a tree, one at a time, and then climb out a log 40 feet long to jump to a trapeze that has one-half of the clue. Once the team members retrieve both halves, they can get their next clue.
*Low and Slow: Teams must cross a floating log bridge 850 feet long to get their next clue.

1-Ken/Tina choose High and Dry
2-Nick/Starr choose High and Dry
3-Andrew/Dan choose High and Dry

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Andrew/Dan

Teams are now instructed to take a taxi to the Bridge of the Gods and take a 2000 foot zip line to an island to get their next clue. Teams arrive and find the clue in the following order:

1- Ken/Tina
2- Nick/Starr
3- Andrew/Dan

It’s now time for the FINAL TASK. This time, each team gets a game board arranged in a pyramid format:
10(RB)
8(PS) 9(RI)
5(RB) 6(RI) 7(D)
1(RI) 2(D) 3(RB) 4(PS) (...Yeah...pretend it's a pyramid. -Toyouke)

Teams must open panels one at a time and discover whether they need to find the Route Info (RI), Detour (D), Roadblock (RB) or Pit Stop (PS) for the corresponding leg. In order to find this information, they must search a field of 150 Route Marker boxes to find the picture that corresponds to each event. Once each one is matched, they may move on to the next one. Once all ten are matched, they may go find the clue box with their next clue. The order is as follows:

1) Salvador, Brazil: Route Info, Vending Cart to Praça da Sé
2) Fortaleza, Brazil: Detour, Beach It
3) La Paz, Bolivia: Roadblock, The Fighting Cholitas
4) Auckland, New Zealand: Pit Stop, Phil’s Dad at Summerhill
5) Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Roadblock, Angkor Wat
6) New Dehli, India: Route Info, Doorman of Ambassador Hotel
7) Old Dehli, India: Detour, Bleary Eyed
8) Almaty, Kazakhstan: Pit Stop, Old Square
9) Moscow, Russia: Route Info, Monastery
10) Moscow, Russia: Roadblock, Park Iskusstv

And teams complete the fun in the following order:

1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Andrew/Dan

Teams now take a taxi downtown to the Portland Building and find the green dinosaur in the Standard Plaza for their next clue. Teams find the dinosaur in the following order:

1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Andrew/Dan

Teams now travel on foot to Alder Street Food Cart Park and find the cart representing the previous leg, ie, the Russian Food Cart (which, incidentally, is decked out in the race colors).

Teams find the cart in the following order:

1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Andrew/Dan

Teams are now instructed to find the “magic is in the hole”, which refers to Voodoo Donuts, to get their next clue. I’ve been there, the donuts are fantastic. Teams get their clue in the following order:
1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Andrew/Dan

Teams are now instructed to go to the finish line, Pittock Mansion.

1- Nick/Starr
2- Ken/Tina
3- Andrew/Dan

Nick and Starr, after 23 days, 5 continents and 40000, you are the winners of The Amazing Race 13! YAY! And Ken and Tina finish second, but Ken pulls out their wedding rings and asks Tina to get back together with him. AW!

ORDER NOW:
1st – Nick/Starr
2nd – Ken/Tina
3rd – Andrew/Dan
4th – Toni/Dallas
5th – Terence/Sarah
6th – Kelly/Christy
7th – Aja/Ty
8th – Marisa/Brooke
9th – Mark/Bill
10th – Anthony/Stephanie
11th – Anita/Arthur

And that’s it for this season! We’ll see you next time on the Amazing Race!