User blog comment:Kaffe4200/The Caravan Introduction/@comment-7590811-20141030220515/@comment-4631123-20141030221203

Actually, I was watching the seventh season of The Amazing Race as I planned The Caravan. There was a team of two elderly people, Meredith & Gretchen, who made is surprisingly far despite their age. Ashley and Helen are loosely based on them, as I wanted some elderly, and fairly strong, people to also be a part of The Caravan.