You're in Alaska, right? They went there the first season, as almost the final leg. The gay guys got so far behind, they weren't even to their final task in Alaska when the winners crossed the line (in San Francisco, IIRC). Ever since then, there've been the bunch-ups...
Yep, I couldn't find the data for season one.
I would have liked to see where they went up here. Do you know? Fairbanks? Anchorage? Juneau? or was it a small outlying village?