Rhythm: In Panama City, Panama, Teams had to travel by red devil bus to the neighborhood of Casco Viejo and visit several locations to collect four musical instruments: a trumpet, a trombone, a saxophone and a congo drum. After Teams had all four instruments, they had to deliver them on foot to a club called Take Five Jazz and Wine where the bandleader would hand them their next clue. The Godlewski, Linz and Gaghan families took the musical route.

Coos: In Coos, Teams were instructed to take a red devil bus to El Parque Metropolitano and use binoculars to search the rainforest canopy for wooden replicas of five local birds, then circle their discoveries on an aviary chart to present to the bird expert. If they circled the wrong birds, they had to repeat the task until they got it right. The Weavers and Bransen clans chose this option.


In this Roadblock, one Team member had to step up to the plate and hit a base hit or home run off of a championship Little League pitcher. Each player would get a maximum of three pitches per at bat. If they didn’t get a hit, they would be sent to the end of the line. Rolly Weaver, Beth Bransen, Nick Linz, Sharon Godlewski and Bill Gaghan performed this Roadblock for their Teams.


This was the only Fast Forward in the entire race. In it, Teams made their way to the Pacific side of the Panama Canal to find a crane on Pier 14. Once there, they would split into pairs with each pair performing a tandem bungee jump 140 feet to the water below. The Paolo family took the plunge.


There was no Yield on this leg.