What was Amazing to me about the Race was they all got parking spots right outside EMS in Soho. Imagine how jealous George Costanza would have been :.)

I live just a few miles from Wash Crossing Park. It was pretty neat seeing it on the Race. I don't recall seeing anything about it in the local paper, which is suprising. Also, they were lucky the Delaware River was so low at the time. The current around there is usually very strong, but it only got the best of one team.

Missed it due to Bob Dylan special (and we were on the last night of our vacation in a hotel in Olympia, Wa.) Look forward to it next week.

Will they ask for more families for next year? Our son gets out of the Marines in January, and our daughter may have some time before she starts a teaching program in Korea next fall...I think we'd be unstoppable!

Wow, I bet you would be hard to beat.

Just a guess, but I doubt if they do the 4 person again soon. The demographics for reality tv are geared toward the younger audiences that prefer the duos.

See the other thread about book-signing tour. Maybe your son and daughter could audition for the pairs!

And if you miss these shows you can always watch the next without needing much of a synopsis. The best part is watching the locations, especially if you have been there.

This race is getting boring already. I miss the element added by using various public transit.

Keith

And what's next - find that lunch bucket?

Yes, very boring. I turned it off after about 20 minutes. Think I'm done with it for the season.

Doesn't everybody know that York is west of Lancaster. Poor Mr. Rogers, his face has egg all over it.

Thanks, probably, to DVR and fast-forward, I didn't find it so boring, and I'm thinking if the show is exported, things like the Shoehouse might be interesting to those who think the US is either Manhattan or dude ranches.

Frankly glad to see Mr. Rogers go -- going to be some interesting years ahead between him and his son. I think the whole "reflecting pool" task was an interesting way to separate out who really has the nimbleness of mind to be a good contestant, and who just digs in expecting things to go the way they envision them. Don't understand, though, why the family with a younger child opted for the stretchers over the lamps -- it was predictable that the weight could only be carried by the three larger family members. But then, there was the wimp-out Dad, so who knows...!

I'll keep watching -- but I will have my thumb on the fast-forward.

"Doesn't everybody know that York is west of Lancaster."

I thought York was in the UK.

That father owes his son a big apology that we didn't see last night.

The family with the little boy owes him an apology as well. He kept saying that they needed to ask questions, while they said that they didn't and searched at the wrong pool.

Keith

Well, without looking at a map, I couldn't place York and Lancaster PA.

I think the Paolo family should next appear on one of the nanny shows. Mom always saying "no one listens to me" she should find out why. Love that the annonying older son had trouble with carrying stretchers but mom was a trouper (trooper in this case?) and didn't complain.

Glad the Promise Keepers were sent home. Dad needs to learn to listen and not just give orders.

I'm not sure I like kids (including teens) in the race. You're automatically at a disadvantage because it limits the number of drivers and in the past some challenges involved alcohol (I remember in Russia drinking vodka and a beer house in Germany). I doubt they will have this type of challenge in this race though.

But the little kids did okay carrying stretchers on the battle field.

During promos for the series, it mentioned going 11,000 miles. That's not even 1/2 way around the world (equater circumfrance is just under 25,000 miles).

...I cringed when Ms. Weaver asked what state Wash DC was in...but I still like them....I hope they get out of those SUVs soon, it is getting boring watching several of them take the same path, even driving behind each other at times, not much variety...maybe next week

Last week I was hopefull, but last night I was so bored that I turned the tv off and went to bed. I will give it a shot next week for a few minutes. Which family was eliminated last night?

Personally I like this AR best so far because they are going to places I've been with my kids. Its easier for me to relate to wandering around DC looking for a landmark than it is to a choking down spicy soup in Hungary or whatever. Admittedly my family travel has been limited. Those of you more well traveled than I am easily could be bored. I'm rooting for the father in law and his sons in law. I can see my husband in that role in a dozen years or so. They remind me of my dad and his relationship with my husband too.

I have been to places that the International AR teams went in the past and still I like this AR just as well.

Boring! Not to me, because I love the study of family dynamics as much as I love travel. For all the reasons bennnie just stated also- this one is great. That was what I meant about going for or searching out another demographic. They are going to lose the 20 something crowd, I'm sure- because this approaches family life much more than duo relationships.

I was so glad that the glum boss who denegrated his own kid all the time- lost. He fufilled his own prophecy.

That dad with the three daughters is going to do the same thing but in a different, more passive/aggressive way.

There are still 2 or 3 teams that are going to be eliminated quite easily- but the end of this one will really be close, I think.

So many places in the USA never get televised. I sure hope they pick some oddball, far away from everything places.

i screwed up on my recording last night so i didn't see the show. can anyone give me a brief re-cap of what happened. (sounds like i didn't miss much!!!) thanks.

I really enjoyed last night's show. The Paolos were not as grating as the first week and Mr. Rogers certainly deserved his fate. Pity his family had to go with him.

The DC segment was fun and emphasized the importance of reading the whole clue.

I don't particlarly care for the Weaver family, but they are playing well so far. I do like the Linz siblings and thank goodness they seem to be getting their act together. Wouldn't you think that people would do something to get in better shape if they're going to go on a show like this? Mr. Branson, I mean you here, although the father-in-law isn't much better but his SILs are able to carry him more than the Branson daughters can carry their dad.

I was surprised that the Gaghans were amongst the poor-clue-readers. I thought they were more detail-oriented than that.

Who would you say asks for directions more...the men or the women or is it equal?

Bennie--I definitely see what you are saying. I just wish the show didn't show so much driving time. I would rather see them doing things, like he Civil War things. I was all for this family race, and still hope that my boredom last night was isolated. I haven't given up on it yet!

ltt, If you go the AR8 website at CBS, there is a 8 page summary of the episode including pictures.

Keith

I'm not sure I enjoyed last night's show as much as the first one, but it was ok. While I understand those people getting confused about the Reflecting Pool, they should have read the clue more carefully. Even though I have done a bit of international travel, I have young children who haven't had that opportunity. My oldest is 6 and has been to VA, PA, NYC, and Washington, and some of those very recently. I think the combination of those places and the family dynamic has really made her interested in it. Still, she also enjoyed the one with the spicy Hungarian soup. That one was sickening to watch.

While we're waiting for next week: where would you guess or suggest they go in the US? I might start with Wall Drug!!! ;-)