Amazing Race Fort Wayne

We have been so busy this week I am just now able to post about what we've been up to! Last Saturday, me, Clint, and our good friends, Jill and Tyler participated in an event called the Amazing Race Fort Wayne. We had an AWESOME time!! We felt so competitive racing from place to place, figuring out clues, and competing in 12 different challenges.  

The race started at 9:00 and our first clue was inside of a medicine capsule, surrounded in several yards of duck tape. They gave each leader the item and told us our clue was in the middle. We had chose Clint as Team Franks and Beans official leader, so he ran to get our first task and we all raced back to the car. Being his ever-prepared self, Clint had a pocket knife with him and began sawing through the tape. His fingers started to get really tired, so Tyler took over. Eventually, we got it open-- and I think we were one of the first teams. Inside was a clue describing a specific area of Fort Wayne. We looked through our backpack of information to find some more clues and hints to figure out where we were supposed to go next. It took us a few minutes, but we soon realized we needed to head to a cemetery on the Northwest part of town. When we got there our 1st physical challenge awaited. The object was to choose a teammate to sit in a wagon while another teammate pulled you around a pond. While you are being pulled, the person in the wagon had to toss newspapers into hula hoops positioned around the pond. Of course we had our strong men pull us- Clint first and then Tyler. They didn't realize what they were in for! lol-- definitely harder than it sounded. We accomplished this first task in about 7 and a half minutes. We got out next clue and we were off. 

The next challenge was back at Shoaff Park and it was definitely our favorite. We were only one of four teams to actually complete this entire challenge in the allotted time. First, the volunteers handed us an envelope with five pictures of different places in the park. Our job was to find these places and take a picture of our team holding the picture next to the place It was so hard!! Such a challenge- we were running around like crazy trying to finish it in time. Here are some pictures of the area in the park we had to find. 

The next several challenges took us to nursing homes, park lodges, ice rinks, and a laser tag place. Figuring out the clues and finding the next destination were exciting. The hardest challenge was called, Holy Water. We were given a 3 foot PVC pipe full of holes. One teammate was in charge of running back and forth to a baby pool full of water, filling up a cup, and then dumping it into the pipe. The rest of us had to find  a way to plug all of the holes so that the water couldn't get out. The object was to fill the entire pipe up with water until a bouncy ball floated to the top and fell out. This took FOREVER! We were all soaked and feeling frustrated. Finally, the guy said that any amount of "wind" could get the ball out-- which meant we could try and blow it out. Would have been nice to know at the beginning! We could have been done in a minute or less, lol. Instead, it took us 15 freezing minutes to accomplish. Even though that one was somewhat annoying, it was still cool working together to accomplish it. 

In this challenge we each had a different job. The guys had to create a Tony the Tiger Replica as fast as possible. 

Jill had to put this puzzle together. 

I had to use a straw to move 25 frosted flakes from one bowl to another and then eat the entire bowl of cereal. 

After this, we all wanted Tony to die! haha

Another challenge that we all thought was crazy involved a nursing home resident and three songs.
Unfortuantely, we got the blank lung resident who was coughing and hacking the entire time she hummed and sang the songs. Plus, other groups had Jingle Bells, Happy Birthday, and Amazing Grace. We ended up with, Hello Young Lovers, and Whip Crack Away????? What the heck? None of us had ever heard of those, lol. Challenge Fail.

Here are a few more pictures of the day. We had a blast! We ended up coming in 12th out of 30, but we were the first team back and one of 4 teams that completed all 12 challenges. We thought the scoring system was messed up for sure. It was a a great time and we look forward to doing similar things again. Not sure about this Race because the scoring system is so annoying, but other team competitions. You forget how much fun it is to be on a team after awhile! 

This was HILARIOUS!! Clint and Tyler had to try and eat these dangling marshmallows with no hands. Jill and I had a great time watching them-- so funny. 

This was actually a lot harder than it looked. It was a revolving rock wall and halfway through the climb it would start to tilt. Clint was one of a few who stayed on for the entire 3 minutes. 

Team Franks and Beans! We were awesome.