Virginians First To Lose 'Race'

First Team Eliminated Keeps Spirits High

(CBS)  The hardest part for the parents was crossing the Delaware River led by a captain dressed as George Washington.

"The river was tough," Reggie Black explained. "You have to have a lot of muscle power to get across the Delaware. You have a lot of respect for those who crossed the Delaware."

The family struggled against the current, slowly drifting away from the destination across the river. Ultimately, sons Kenneth and Austin showed their parents what they were made of by making it across the river and back, maintaining a lead on the last three teams, the incredibly lost Paolo, Godlewski and Linz families.

Kenneth, actually, considered the challenge the best part of the race. "I've never rowed a boat before and it was a real challenge," he said.

Austin said trouble for him came when he got stuck in the mud.

"I was getting a bucket of water," he said. "Then I fell in the mud."

The two kids did well at building the house together. The teams where given the choice to build a house or push a buggy. So why did the Black family choose the house?

"That's obvious," Reggie Black said with a smile.; "America would have been like, they can't win the race and they can't think right. If we'd have pushed the buggy – obviously, if that was our only choice - we had no muscle."

It took the family about 20 minutes to complete the task. "We did a good job with that," Reggie Black said, pleased with his family's effort.