Pitching Tents - 
by B-Side
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce that for the first time in a month, The Amazing Race: Family Edition has finally eliminated another team. That's right. We haven't seen any sort of Philimination action since way back on November 8th when the Paolos were unceremoniously dropped from the Race roster. Since then, we've had a week off for the Country Music Awards, a non-elimination round in Utah, a fakeout Pit Stop in Wyoming, and now finally this episode. Now, I hate to be a hater, and I've never really turned my nose up on non-eliminations in the past (my theory being that anything that prolongs the wonderful Amazing Race experience is always awesome in my book), but I gotta admit that this dearth of activity combined with an already weak season has really depleted any momentum this show had left. I mean, things were picking up in Central America. It almost felt like the Race we knew and love was back. But now that we've spent the past three episodes traveling from park to ranch to park to ranch with little else in between, I find myself asking that most derided of road trip questions: are we there yet?
Well, for those of you who don't remember what happened last week, the teams arrived at Phil, and as I had predicted, he announced that the leg was not in fact over. Yes, it was one of those alterna-non-elimination legs -- the kind where the producers don't have to buy a prize for whoever's in first place. As this week's episode began, we watched once again as the Weavers and Bransens sprinted to Phil who may or may not have been tethered to a nearby fence. Anyway, FencePhil™ handed over the next clue which told the teams to drive to Dubois, Wyoming and find Turtle Ranch. Oooh! Another ranch! How exciting. I wonder if the teams will take a long, boring stretch of highway to get there!
The Bransens and the Weavers headed off to the next rancho del excitement while the Godlewskis and Linzes continued to make their way to Phil. We then cut to Tommy Linz as he managed to spray semi-chomped cheese doodles all over himself and his sister. And let's be honest. If there were ever a snack to sum up Tommy, it's cheese doodle.
Meanwhile, the Godlewskis had no idea where Phil's ranch was; so they stopped by a pay phone to call information. Of course, since Chrissy spearheaded this tactic, it only took about .347 seconds before those dueling hyenas known as Michelle and Sharon began screaming and complaining. When this minor detour proved to be fruitless, Michelle continued to make a fuss, causing Chrissyrella to suddenly lash out, "Michelle, all you're doing is complaining. You're not coming up with any ideas!" Well, this big bad momma would have none of that as she yelled back, "DON'T TELL ME I DON'T PUT ANYTHING IN!!!" Chris, in the future, just give her a pint of Chubby Hubby. That'll shut her up.
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