"This is a Game of Strategy, Passion, and Camels"

**"This is a Game of Strategy, Passion, and Camels"** is the eighth episode of Sleepy's Amazing Race 8.

## Route Markers

**Pit Start:** The order of departure from the Fortress of Rion are as follows:

1. Leo and Tristan (11:54 pm)
2. Ingrid and Beau (4:31 am)
3. Clay and Eden (4:32 am)
4. Deirdre and Morgan (5:08 am)
5. Olwen and Brooke (5:29 am)
6. Janelle and Sable (5:57 am)

**Route Info:** Teams must fly to Muscat, Oman. Upon arrival, teams must drive themselves to Riyam Park and search for the giant incense burner to find their next clue. Then, teams must drive themselves to the town of Sur and find a ferry crossing in Baith Al Battha to find their next clue.

**Detour:** Camel or Watchtower

In Camel, teams must cross the river on a ferry to the opposite bank, where they must lift a camel into a pickup truck using a winch. They must then use a provided map to drive 1 mile to a Bedouin camp and deliver the camel to receive their next clue. This task was chosen by Clay and Eden, Deirdre and Morgan, Janelle and Sable, and Leo and Tristan.

In Watchtower, teams must cross the river on a ferry to the opposite bank and search among three watchtowers for an Arabian message box scroll. However, only two of the three watchtowers would have a message scroll. After they have found a message scroll, they must drive 1 mile to Al-Sayegh Gold & Silversmith and exchange the message scroll for their next clue. This task was chosen Ingrid and Beau and Olwen and Brooke.

**Route Info:** Teams must drive themselves to the village of Al Hawiyah and search for their next clue at the sand dunes past the date palm trees.

**Roadblock:** *Who's willing to work for food?* The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must dig among 117 sand dunes to find one of only six Omani underground ovens with a shuwa, a woven pouch with a meal of lamb wrapped in a dried palm leaf bag and steamed in the oven, which they would have for dinner after checking in. Once they found the shuwa, a Bedouin would give them their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Clay and Eden
* Deirdre and Morgan
* Ingrid and Beau
* Janelle and Sable
* Leo and Tristan
* Olwen and Brooke

**Pit Stop:** Teams must drive themselves to the town of Jabrin, which is two and a half hours away, and find the Pit Stop at Jabreen Castle to check in. The winning team this log won an all-expense paid trip to Rome.

## Story

* Once again, because the teams are released in the middle of the night, no airlines are open to sell tickets and all the teams end up on the same flight.
* While at the airport, Ingrid and Beau come up with the idea of forming a big alliance of them and the couples remaining. They approach Clay and Eden, Deirdre and Morgan, and Leo and Tristan and tell them about how Olwen and Brooke and Janelle and Sable are big threats that they need to work together to take out. The other teams certainly aren't going to turn away the idea of helping each other get further in the game so they agree.
* Olwen and Brooke and Janelle and Sable notice that they're being excluded and conspired against, so they decide to work together and form a alliance.
* Once in Oman, most teams reach the Detour fine but Olwen and Brooke and Deirdre and Morgan get lost. Olwen and Brooke ask if they want to work together but the musicians' allegiance lies with Ingrid and Beau so they refuse.
* At the Detour, Clay and Eden and Ingrid and Beau both finish super quickly and get headed to Roadblock.
* The two trailing teams get there after that and Deirdre and Morgan finish it at an incredible speed, jumping all the way to third place! Janelle and Sable finish right after them, leaving Olwen and Brooke and Leo and Tristan fighting it out for last.
* Ingrid and Beau are the first to reach the Roadblock and find it to be terrible and strenuous and luck-based! What fun for us viewers and what torture for them!
* Despite being faced with this needle-in-a-haystack under the scorching desert sun, Beau gets super lucky and find the shuwa before any other teams even show up! What the fuck
* They end up getting lost looking for the Pit Stop but fucking every team does this leg and they have enough of a lead that they end up winning the leg anyway! Highkey good for them but also wtf happened how they finish so fast
* Olwen and Brooke continue to struggle with the Detour as every other team reaches the Roadblock, but it's so stupid and luck-based that they're able to catch up and every team, except Ingrid and Beau, is now at this Roadblock.
* Leo and Tristan come from behind and finish the Roadblock in second! However, they get suuuuuper lost!
* Clay and Eden finish the Roadblock next and navigate perfectly to the Pit Stop with no issues, taking second place!
* Meanwhile, Deirdre and Morgan and Olwen and Brooke have finished the Roadblock, leaving only only Janelle and Sable still searching.
* Olwen and Brooke and Leo and Tristan reach the Pit Stop in third and fourth place, but Deirdre and Morgan get super lost.
* Janelle and Sable finish the Roadblock and have a solid track record for navigation, but can they catch up now?
* A team approaches the Pit Stop in fifth place and it's...
* Deirdre and Morgan. They live another day and finish in fifth place for the fourth time this season! Not an amazing team but certainly a consistent one.
* Janelle and Sable arrive at the Pit Stop a nebulous amount of time later. Khil informs them that they are the last team to arrive...
* and they have been eliminated from The Race. They handle their elimination with grace, though Sable curses a bit, citing how much she hates losing. Janelle comforts her and talks about how she hopes they've been positive role models and inspired young women everywhere that they can be badass and achieve their dreams.

## Leaderboard

1st- Ingrid and Beau
Mother/Child
2nd- Clay and Eden
Married
3rd- Olwen and Brooke
Brothers
4th- Leo and Tristan
5th- Deirdre and Morgan
Married Musicians
ELIMINATED- Janelle and Sable
Friends