2024 Photo Scavenger Hunt – Rules and Alternate Words

3/18 – Planet Word is a place you’d go to know not only how a word is SPELT but how words became language, and also how language is alive and continues to evolve

Planet Word’s home is in the Franklin School in our nation’s capital. Originally opened in 1869 and completely rehabilitated between 2018 and 2020, it was designed by renowned architect Adolf Cluss as the flagship of eight modern urban public school buildings in Washington, D.C. The building served as a model for the modern public school system based upon a comprehensive system of universal free public education … but originally only for white boys and girls as D.C. schools were segregated at that time.

More recently, in May 2022, the North American School Scrabble Championship was held live at Planet Word when Walden Giezentanner, a seventh grader, and sixth grader Nathaniel Campos both SPELT enough words correctly to be crowned champs.

Many thanks to @Serdar & @Kelley for sponsoring this challenging pointless prize; the adaptation to Wordle was brilliant and definitely warmed up the brain before the legs for the daily ride. And elite kudos to the other players who definitely ratcheted up this year’s competition w/ artistic & witty bent!

3/19/24

Thanks Kelley and Serdar for a great game.

Thanks to my awesome competitors for keeping it interesting and challenging.

The Dude ABIDEs.

And today, after 76 of 78 days, and 1003 miles, my bikes ABIDE. 😀

@Aaron bikes nice idea. This is the first photo scavenger hunt where it’s possible to continue the game after FS is over. I hadn’t appreciated that before!

I think some people might do it actually…. I don’t play wordle but  I bet I could get a friend or 2 to help me put with the daily word. I wonder, could we do that here? Or maybe on Strava & all follow each other 🤔🤷🏻

@nadine, sounds like a wonderful idea!  One of the issues I have is finding places to go outside of Freezing Saddles, since I want to bike every day all year, but it gets boring without a destination.  I’ve used the previous year’s scavenger hunt (back when there were specific objects to find) or the previous year’s bingo list, but that gets repetitive after a while.  I’d love to have something ongoing–and something with others playing, which tends to give me more motivation.  Shall I set up a thread for it?  Even if it were just the two of us playing, it would help–but I bet others would join.

As for not playing Wordle, I don’t either. But the answer can always be found at https://tryhardguides.com/wordle-answers/

@cvcalhoun yes! And thanks for the wordle link. It’s so helpful how you seem to know how stuff works – or how to figure it out 😁

Ima hafta start on Tuesday though – at least by bike.

I’m going outta town tomorrow am through Monday night. It’s a HS reunion, but since they made it in Orlando, and everything about Orlando seems to be crazy pricey, and I’m not gainfully employed, I’m driving down & camping on the way, & again on the way back. That’s why I’ll be gone so long for a 2 day reunion. Not bringing the bike…. Walking & hiking will be good for my bone density anyhow, which probably suffers during FS.

I can see if I can get others interested in  playing too. And I could probably play some while I’m away without the bike if it helps you – this is no prize time, after all

I’ve been riding most days (and have even noted the Wordle words on my Strava, although only after midnight to avoid spoilers), but figured I’d wait to post until @Nadine came back.

3/26/24 MAYOR

Rockville City Hall is where the mayor’s office is. I did try to explain to the one in the trailer (foster dog) that a) he is not the mayor, and thus not the boss of me, and b) he was brought from home and thus ineligible anyway. But he just barked at me.

😆 good luck with that @Cvcalhoun…. Pretty sure your foster dog knows thinks he is the boss of you…..

3/28/24 SPEAK

A teacher speaks to students in front of the Lincoln Memorial.