Our love for The Amazing Race: Family Edition may not come as news to regular readers. We were quite disappointed that the Black family from Woodbridge, VA was the first team to be eliminated this season, though we believe that they were much too functional and supportive of each other for reality TV success. However, we are particularly looking forward to tonight’s episode, as the nine remaining families race through our backyard. An AOL preview video shows the families running across the Mall and on the plaza in front of the Jefferson Memorial.

This set us to thinking — what local challenges would we like to see the contestants tackle? Here is what we’ve come up with so far:

> Find a street parking space in Adams Morgan on a Saturday night.
> Navigate from the Longworth Building to the Dirksen Building without going outdoors.
> Navigate from Rosslyn to Silver Spring along U.S. 29.
> Drive from McLean to the parking lot of Roosevelt Island.
> Find the D.C. World War I Memorial.
> Find Blelvis.
> Take a picture of Cornel West scarfing down a jumbo slice. (OK, maybe that is not so difficult, after all.)

So, readers – what unique D.C. challenges do you think would stump the contestants?

AOL video preview screen capture from Reality Fan Forum.