Moat CrossingBefore each team was a bridge of floating rings. When Kirk gave the signal, the first player had to scramble across the floating rings to the other side of the moat. Once across, they then had to step off, signaling their partner to do the same. As always, when both players were across, they had to then run over and hit the gong.
Steps of KnowledgeBorn on a mountaintop in Tennessee, the most famous frontiersman in America was Davy Crockett. He was nicknamed "the King of the Wild Frontier" because he could run faster, jump higher, squat lower, dive deeper, stay under longer and come up drier than any other man in the whole country. When the Texas War of Independence started, Davy went down to help out. On the way, a raccoon crossed his path. Davy hunted it for miles, but the wily raccoon knew it was being followed. It climbed through the trees and hid in the hollows. Finally, Davy closed in on the raccoon in a clearing. The raccoon turned around, faced Davy and threw his front paws in the air as if to say, "I give up." Davy just didn't have the heart to shoot him, so he let him go, but legend has it that first, he made the raccoon a collar with a wooden tag that said, "Davy Crockett, let me go in peace."
Temple GamesThe Red Jaguars are 13-year-old Eric, who is a baseball pitcher who would pitch for the New York Yankees with a batting average of 400 (Kirk: "Very Ted Williams-like."), and 14-year-old Abby, who was once a gymnast. The Silver Snakes are 12-year-old Adam, who plays in chess tournaments and plans to watch Searching for Bobby Fischer, and 14-year-old Shannon, who wants to teach science and math. Alamo Flag Raise (Obelisk)[]When Texas fought to be free from Mexico, Davy Crockett joined up with the Alamo, where they raised the new flag of the state of Texas. Unfortunately, they lost and soon afterwards, the Alamo was waving the Mexican flag again. Here, Abby and Shannon had to raise two flags themselves. When Kirk gave the signal, they had to grab a Texas flag, stick it to their shirts, climb to the top of the obelisk, and place the flag in its holder. Then, they had to climb back down and repeat the process with a Mexican flag. The first player to raise both flags and come back down or the player furthest along in 60 seconds won. They both planted both of their flags at the top, but Abby made it down first with 25 seconds of spare time, awarding her a half pendant of life. Raccoon Tunnel (Dragon Tunnel)[]According to a legend, a raccoon once gave himself up when he found out he was being tracked by Davy Crockett. But other raccoons were more stubborn. When Kirk gave the signal, Eric and Adam had to burrow through the dragon tunnels as quickly as they can, grab the stuffed raccoon on the other side, and bring it back to their starting side. The first player to make it back with their raccoon or the player furthest along in 60 seconds won. Eric made it back with his raccoon with 22 seconds of spare time, awarding him a half pendant of life. Waterfall Fishing (Bucket Ramp)[] Tiebreaker[]
Temple RunShannon was a confident player, and she had a fairly clever strategy in that she wanted to start on the lower floor. Moving at a moderately fast pace, she started at The Cave of Sighs and climbed up to unlock the upper crawl path and climbed down the ladder to enter The Wheel Room. "The Hamster Wheel" as Shannon called it earlier. Turning the wheel at a fast pace, she lifts the stone slab and unlocks the door to The Throne Room. But upon entering the room and sitting on the throne, Shannon encounters the first temple guard and forks over the team's only pendant of life. After doing so, Shannon tries to go into The Holes of Python but finds out that the door was locked. While that may not have worked out as she planned, she quickly improvised and decided to climb up into The Room of Fallen Columns. In the room, Shannon tried to open up the door leading into The Treasury of Golden Orbs, but the door was locked so she decided to climb up into The Observatory but got slightly confused on where the button was. After a slight stall, Shannon finds the button and climbs up into The Observatory and spins the celestial lights, but that's when an overzealous temple guard popped out and took her out of the temple with 1:50 on the clock.   Adam went next, and while he may have been a tad bit slower, he still had a good map of the temple in his head and did his best to get to where Shannon left off. While Adam did try to take a shortcut and open up the door leading to The Treasury of Golden Orbs just like Shannon did earlier, but unsurprisingly, the door was still locked. So, he continued his way up The Observatory, and down into The Treasury of Golden Orbs, where he completes the objective there fairly quickly after using only one orb and using it on one pedestal. And with that, Adam made his way into The Shrine of the Silver Monkey and grabs the collar with 33 seconds left. Adam started to pick up some speed, and made it passed The Treasury of Golden Orbs, up The Observatory where he slightly slowed down, walked across The Troubled Bridge, and picked up speed again at The Room of the Royal Gongs, before finally making his way back through the Temple Gates with the collar, with 5 seconds left. Thus, earning him and Shannon the trip to Saddlebrook Golf and Tennis Resort.
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