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Army of Two hops in an ATV and makes their way to the place they already know. JJ sums it up, “We lost a million dollars because of one sled ride.” Well, the demoralizing will be even greater if the just-arrived Big Brother team passes them also.

Bad Rachel cries and complains but embarrasses Art even more as she seems to do it quicker than Blonde Rachel. As she fails on the rock-rolling over and over, Art finds some groove and balance to finish the first part of the Roadblock. They are now rolling for second place, and not quite that enthusiastically, I might add.

AGAIN, married couple Rachel & Dave are greeted by Phil and their fellow contestants on the mat. They are officially the winners of the Amazing Race 20 and, as Phil points out, the winningest team in the history of the show with eight first place finishes. Rachel explains that she thinks it did bring them closer together and made up for the painful year that Dave was deployed in Iraq. It is emotional and I hope for the sake of their marriage that it did actually make them stronger.

Back at the Roadblock, Border Patrol is happy to take second place away from Big Brother, as Art finishes the Roadblock. At the finish line, they even extend a congratulatory handshake to Rachel & Dave, who they swore off a few legs ago.

Bad Rachel exhibits nothing but bad attitude and pouting as they load up in the ATV. She is such a sore loser that calling her one seems an insult to sore losers everywhere. It’s all right and understandable to be disappointed but don’t act like a child. Maybe she needed a paddle across the lagoon because her attitude is improved as they hit the mat.

So there it is, 20 seasons of The Amazing Race over ten years. While there wasn’t a team that I whole-heartedly wanted to win because I really like them, I think the most deserving team won.

Rachel & Dave dominated from the first leg to last leg and even their stumbles weren’t insurmountable. Congrats to them and congrats to the show because you have retained at least one viewer because Big Brother didn’t win.

Until Season 21, have a good summer.

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