Episode Report Card Miss Alli: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT And unicorns danced!
By Miss Alli | Season 9 | Episode 12 | Aired on 05.16.2006
Eric and Jeremy watch and wait at Transfer Counter D, hoping that nobody will get on their flight. But...here comes the flight carrying the other two teams, who quickly show up. Eric admits that he's not happy to see BJ and Tyler, and even less happy to see Ray and Yolanda a moment later. All teams are now on their way to Anchorage from Taipei. Apparently, Anchorage is the home to some very icy dogs, as well as the home of the funniest story I have ever heard that included the phrase "Bear repellent." Ask me about it sometime.
And now, we are in Anchorage. The Choad Family, to no one's surprise, gets off the plane first and to the marked cars that they will be taking, as it turns out, to Mirror Lake. Phil explains that this is a 30-mile drive to a scenic recreation area. Al three teams are soon on the way. They are directed, for your reference, to Old Seward Highway. If you ever want to go there, now you know, in addition to knowing how to get to Fujikyu Highland. It's looking pretty cold in Alaska, among other things, which does tend to make driving more difficult and stressful. I would know, because I am from the tundra myself and have frequently done whimsical winter things like swearing at my windshield wipers and driving into ditches. Ray and Yolanda ask for directions, predicting that this will be the only time they'll have to do so. Oh, Lord.
BJ and Tyler and Eric and Jeremy are right together on the way to Mirror Lake, so Eric and Jeremy pass. The teams are… well, they're still right together as they jump out of their cars and run to the clue box. This is a Detour called Drill It or Deliver It. In Drill It, you drill ten holes (for ice fishing) into the ice with a couple of augurs. You then slide a big fishing shack over from the shore so that it covers at least two of your holes. In Deliver It, you load up with medical supplies and fly more than 150 miles round trip to deliver them. Uhhh...I'm thinking you take the ice? Because it's 150 miles? Maybe I don't understand how fast planes are. But BJ and Tyler think the delivering looks "fun," so they want to do that. Eric and Jeremy take the drilling. I suspect that BJ and Tyler are saved from yet another stupid mistake by yet another stroke of luck when they learn that the delivery plane can't fly right now because of the weather, so it's Drill It or nothing. Not really a Detour, so much, when one of the "cons" is "you can't do it."
The drilling begins, although no drilling will ever match the sequence in which Wil tried to drill (and hack, and burn, and stab) his way into that ice globe. Oh, man. Good times. The Choad Family shit-talks back and forth as they try to drill holes. You are no Wil, fellas.
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