Raise your hand if you, like me, cannot stop saying "Oh my gravy."

Raise your other hand if you, like me, thought fer shure that cowboys Jet and Cord (seriously: Jet and Cord?) were not going to last long in the newest go-round of The Amazing Race.

Now, keep both your hands in the air like you just don’t care (and let’s add some "roof is on fire" action to that as well) if you, like me, are enjoying the 16th season, two episodes in, mostly for the engaging teams and less so for the challenges, etc. (Clearly, Bertram thought fer shure that someone in the group would have no idea that a baker’s dozen contained 13. So there, Bertram!)

I do like the wide array of stereotypes that we have before us in our favorite reality show. For example, I did not want to like Jordan and Jeff simply because they came from another CBS reality show, Big Brother, but I have to say, I love that guy’s sense of humor. I love that he totally gets the girl, and still likes her! Fabulous.

And there are several teams that we still have not gotten to know well, like the dad and daughter, because annoying teams like the lesbians (let’s call them Team Thread Count, shall we, for all their nattering on about nice hotels and good restaurants) are hogging all the air time.

My favorite moment last night was, of course, when Nanna got kicked in the head by the cow and simply went right back at it. Is she the most Zen grandma ever? It was inevitable they were eliminated, I suppose, but still ...

But as for the cowboys: You could not get more stereotyped than these good ol’ boys, and yet there they were, being Sneaky Petes about the buses and hitting all the challenges head-on. Last season we had a Duck Whisperer and this season we have had a Llama Whisperer. I like that.

Too much time spent on buses and in bus stations in Chile, however. Sixteen seasons in, we are not interested in the mode of transportation (plus, there was so much waiting around, everyone got all rested up); we are interested in the drama of the challenges. For example, in the first episode, the time spent on the male half of the high school sweethearts freaking out on the high wire was time well-spent. Time spent staring at bus schedules is not time well spent.

 How about you? How’s Season 16 going for you so far?