Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

Topic

[LeftyLaura]

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

So, back in the hood and on the bike. Rode 32 miles to find this sign 2 blocks from the house. Insurance find.

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[historygeek]

2/8/21 “Japanese”
And now I have dinner!

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[LhasaCM]

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

Just outside the U.S. Capitol militarized zone is the National Japanese American Memorial in remembrance of the atrocity that was the US WWII internment camps. In the “before” times I would walk by this at least weekly walking to/from the Frances Perkins Building for meetings.

[Nadine]

@CBGanimal 207339 wrote:

2/8/21. – Japanese

Got it! Even with a hole in my tire and the threat of rain I found it!

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Impressed you found “Japanese” spelled out in English. I was thinking you’d find “Japonesa” (which I would think would be valid given you’re in Spain.) Can’t believe you didn’t even hafta go there!

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 207303 wrote:

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

Hanami Japanese Restaurant – great sushi in College Park. Sushi was acquired.
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[Nadine]

2/8/21 – Japanese

Well I won’t be getting any beauty points for THIS pic – but the ride was nicer than the other options I found (which had prettier storefronts [emoji16])

I don’t think there ARE beauty points in this contest, but clearly some people are looking for pretty pictures….. Right, Josh? [emoji16]

[Jessica Hirschhorn]

@cvcalhoun 207329 wrote:

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign
I thought I knew exactly where to go for this one. Satsuma is my favorite sushi restaurant, although since the pandemic I’ve been getting it only by delivery. Numerous online photos showed it having a big sign above the door saying, “Satsuma Japanese Restaurant.” And unlike several of my other destinations in this scavenger hunt, I knew for a fact that it was still open.

So I went there. And what is above the door now says just “Satsuma.” I can even see where the letters that said “Japanese Restaurant” were attached. But the letters themselves are gone.

Fortunately, it turned out Hinata Carryout was only a few blocks away. And while there was no “Japanese” in the name, it does have a sign for its Japanese groceries.

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Looks familiar! See mine.

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[bikesnick]

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

Top Japanese Auto (Falls Church, VA)
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[camiller]

2/8/2021 word Japanese

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[Laurie E.]

@Jessica Hirschhorn 207315 wrote:

Great video! Steel bikes, no brakes no gears.

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Find a sign with the word “Japanese” on it. 2/8/3021

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[AlanA]

@Laurie E. 207386 wrote:

Find a sign with the word “Japanese” on it. 2/8/3021

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Wow! Those 100 years just flew by. No wonder I feel older today!

[Serdar]

@drevil 207303 wrote:

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

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Osaka – Japanese Steak & S…afood House in Kingstowne Town Center
https://www.strava.com/activities/4757802227

[bigredboiler]

Nice giant hand w/Owl carving….where is that?

[bigredboiler]

Ha! That was my first pic today too Just around the corner.

[smb9600]

2/82021 – Japanese

I swear, I remembered this place on Wilson Blvd. It is not… [emoji38]

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