I LOVED tonight's TAR!! That whole bus thing was exactly what the show has been missing for some time now, what with their reliance on team-driven cars and planes that bunch everyone up on the same flight. And the cowboys were the recipients of really excellent luck; loved how they acknowleged that and didn't even attempt to say that they got on the best connection because they were paying attention. This week was all about the travel luck and not about the skill to do the various tasks.

I liked how they even said "read the clue, do we have to take a direct bus" (or something like that). Checking to make sure they had options and avoiding a penalty. Plus asking about their bus terminal. Yes, they had luck, but they also played smart.

Yes, they were lucky, but they worked for their luck. Also, they turned out to be real cowboys with the llamas, not just guys wearing cowboy hats.

(And bonus points for employing the hat as an egg-carrying container, which is a time-honored farm tradition.)

I admired all the different llama-decorating strategies.

Exactly - they were lucky and smart.

The cowboys were lucky, but they were also smart - the grandmother/granddaughter team could have gotten on the same buses they did if they'd done a little more research at the bus station.

And the one in the white hat with the rain cover is HAWT.

And the cowboys were the recipients of really excellent luck; loved how they acknowleged that and didn't even attempt to say that they got on the best connection because they were paying attention.

I thought they played hella smart. I mean, thinking to check in during a bus change to get the 6:30 bus was smart, and also ensured they knew where the other bus was boarding too. I thought they raced super smart, and I don't think it was luck AT ALL that helped them.

I missed something because I didn't follow how the grandmother/daughter team got so far behind on the buses. They seemed competitive enough on the challenges, and would have been good people to root for.

They were worried about getting on the second bus because the line was so long, so they went looking for a different bus company. But instead of looking around for the best option, it looked to me like they just bought the first tickets they found.

And they knew when they got them that they were an hour or more behind and just kind of shrugged and hoped for the best. That's why I'm not too sorry to see them gone, much as I liked them. If they struggled because of the grandmother's physical strength (or balance!) or something like that, it would be a sadder exit. But they weren't fighting even in the stuff that had zero to do with any physical capabilities.

Yeah, the cowboys ran a great leg, which was nice to see. And even though the tasks kind of played to their strengths, too, I would not have been surprised if a team that thought they could buy any kind of foreign money and it would work out could get lost driving around....