TAR Pool

Race Fans, The season is coming to an end for us. That means it's time to make your final picks. This time, it's a bit different. You'll be spending those points you've been earning all season, like in Jeopardy. Here's how things are stacked going into tonight's episode: You can choose 1 team to spend points on, or you can split up points if you have more than 1 team you think could win it. You should reply to me with how you'd like your wager to go. For example: grizzlyadam all points on Sheri and Cole or  grizzlyadam 1800 on Matt and Dana Think it over and good luck!

Race Fans! Another Friday, another episode of The Race. Tonight we expect the teams to travel to Indonesia. Did the boys use the Express Pass too soon? Will things be too much for Zach and Rachel? Or will they overcome? Will the snakes be a problem? Or the rowing... With this being episode 9, we're getting close to the finale. Here are the standings so far: Send me you Philimination tonight - good luck! Also - jump into the spreadsheet after 7:20, join the chat and earn 50 bnous points!

astropopgirl, grizzlyadam and mulan get points for California, Georgia, Texas and Mexico

Lt. Dan every so gently reminded me that I forgot to include his Been There! bonus - so sorry!

Tonight the teams are in France and get to hang out on glaciers and stuff. Will someone go home? Or will it be a non elimination leg? Give me your thoughts via the Philimination Form! Quite a few people still have all their teams left. Here are the standings going into tonight's leg. Good luck!

A cute email from AuctorPHILia's dad.... Brent, you were in Georgia with us in 1984 and 1985. During our spring break of 1984 we drove to Florida and stayed and dad's trailer in Zephyrhills. We took I 75 all the way to Florida driving through Georgia both ways.  And the day before Easter in 1985 my dad, your grandfather, got married in Zephyrhills. We again drove to Florida passing through Georgia. After spending a few extra days in Florida we left and drove through Jacksonville, Florida to Savannah, Georgia. We spend one night in Savannah and then drove to Augusta, Georgia where we spent 2 nights with the Bruner's. We then drove back to Michigan. Dad

(updated points from 45 to 60 include CA) BatDad is also grabbing some bonus points - 60 for visiting CA, TX, GA and Mexico California -  http://awesometarpool.blogspot.com/2015/09/been-there-bonus-ca.html Mexico Texas Georgia

30 points goes out to Fun@Grams, PirateMom and SoccerMom for TX and Mexico. I debated extra bonus points for sharing photos of that couch!

45 points are now in AuctorPHILia's tank which edges him that much closer  to 1st place. California (which if you've played this pool before, you've certainly seen this before) California Dallas AND Mexico - whabam! Dallas, TX and Mexico

Bonus Points for the new player this year, TCooley! Mexico City is built on a lake called Texcoco. The city is constantly sinking and has sunk more than nine meters in some areas over the last 100 years. Mexico City has the most museums in the world, with more than 160, almost all of which are free on Sundays!

More points are flying out the door tonight. This time Team Tapir and Team Tiger are catching all they can for California - Birch Aquarium at Scripps and Ixtapa, Mexico. Congratulations, you both get 30 points tonight! Kickin' it in the California sand Team Tiger Team Tapir Ixtapa! Team Tapir and Team Tiger Team Tiger

Charlie Brown and Birdog Pilot are grabbing 15 points each for having visited Colombia!

Bonus Points for  AuctorPHILia (which now bring him within 10 points of 3rd place) It is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world More than 600,000 Americans live in Mexico City Originally founded as Tenochtitlan by the Aztecs in 1325 Destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 Rebuilt by the Spanish in 1524 Renamed 'Mexico City' in 1585 The Guinness world record for 'Most People Kissing Simultaneously' was set in Mexico City, with 39,879 people participating (the odd number surprised me) **<note from grizzlyadam - that's because they allowed kisses between more than 2 people....like families>** It was eventually built on an island in a lake but the lake was gradually filled in over the centuries and doesn't exist anymore There is a Six Flags amusement park there! June-October is the rainy season there

Last week the teams spent time in Mexico City. Did you know: Mexico City has North America's 2nd largest bicycle-sharing system, which has been around since 2010 and offers several bicycle-only lanes. CC BY 3.0 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11181862 Mexico City has seen several times of conflict and has the worlds greatest metropolitan concentration of museums - about 160, as well as over 100 art galleries and over 30 concert halls. Tell me some more facts about Mexico City and I'll give you 10 bonus points.

I'm going to try something different this year with the Philiminations. Each week I'll post a link to a Form which will allow you to make you pick. My intention is to post each week's updated Form early enough so that you can submit your guess if you're out of town, or if you can't do it because I waited too long to remind everyone.... Loading...

This afternoon at 2pm, I'll open up the Team Selection forms, so be close to your computer banging the F5 key to get your 4 favorite teams picked. If you need to re-pick, I'll let you know. Set your alarms!

Alright fans - here we go again. If you'd like to play along with our TAR 28 pool, fill in the info below to be added. We'll be picking teams this week, so get researching! Yes - I'd like to play!