Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Boomer Cycles]

@NoVaNoobGA 203912 wrote:

Please don’t DQ me because … #atleastIdidn’tjustcropthephoto

I resemble that remark!

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[rumipumi]

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

[komorebi]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

1/5/2021 — bird. Here’s my bike at Sena’s Totem, a chainsaw sculpture by Andrew Mallon in Oak Grove Park in Arlington. There’s an owl at the top. There’s another bird perched on the windowsill on the other side, but I’m not including a photo of that side because of drevil’s hardarsedness.

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Many thanks to Bike Arlington for putting together a tour of five of Andrew’s chainsaw sculptures, which inspired me to go check them out!

[JoM]

@komorebi 203988 wrote:

Many thanks to Bike Arlington for putting together a tour of five of Andrew’s chainsaw sculptures, which inspired me to go check them out!

Thanks for sharing the link to the tour, we’ll need to head out to VA to check it out!

[drevil]

Thanks for all the submissions, and for putting good Italian restaurants on our radars.

I’m sorry that I didn’t give a point to historygeek, NoVaNoobGA, and Mootsfy because they had pics with “zz” in the sign, but that was specific in the hunt request. No worries though, we have maaaaaaaaaany more hunts to go before the end of Freezing Saddles

Latest and greatest tally: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/

Yes, as some have noted, bikes are not required to be in the picture unless specifically requested for that day’s photo hunt.

[josh]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

It’s a little too cold for an actual flamingo, so I present to you:
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[Mtansill]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

1/5/2021 – A Bird
There are many birds out there, far and wide. I chose this guy as my bird. At least he told me he was a bird… mural along the metropolitan branch trail in DC:
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[drevil]

@accordioneur 203942 wrote:

For the record, so far this game is way ahead of Calvinball in the number of rule changes :rolleyes:

Calvinball has had a few years to settle in, while this has had a few days. I’ve made the rules because it already takes me long enough to tally them.

For example, imagine if I didn’t say to post just one picture a day. I’d have to quit my job just to get through the posts.

Imagine also if I didn’t say to post your pic from that day’s hunt. I have seen in other games where people waited until the last day to post all their findings. I am not going to go through 3000 pictures on the last day.

What about the rule I added later about not bringing something from home? It’s just too easy to grab something in your house, go outside on a bike ride and snap a pic of it. I didn’t expect that someone would do that, but it happened, so I had to specify to please not do that. What’s the point of the photo hunt if you aren’t going to go look for something?

After a few tries, it becomes easy enough.

Thanks to all that have played and are playing

[cvcalhoun]

@drevil 203991 wrote:

Latest and greatest tally: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/
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Looks like the tally missed my bird.

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[JoM]

@cvcalhoun 204001 wrote:

Looks like the tally missed my bird.

He probably won’t update the spreadsheet until after midnight tonight!

[drevil]

@cvcalhoun 204001 wrote:

Looks like the tally missed my bird.

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Nope, haven’t started yet. It’s fuzzy when I do the tally, but it’s easiest to do it the day after so I can just see everyone’s all at once. If you don’t see it sometime tomorrow afternoon, then ping me.

Also, I try my best to like each post after updating on the tally sheet.

[bigredboiler]

@komorebi 203988 wrote:

1/5/2021 — bird. Here’s my bike at Sena’s Totem, a chainsaw sculpture by Andrew Mallon in Oak Grove Park in Arlington. There’s an owl at the top. There’s another bird perched on the windowsill on the other side, but I’m not including a photo of that side because of drevil’s hardarsedness.

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Many thanks to Bike Arlington for putting together a tour of five of Andrew’s chainsaw sculptures, which inspired me to go check them out!

Thanks for the insight to the chainsaw art….definitely on my to-do list!

[accordioneur]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

I knew that a ride along Four Mile Run and the MVT would yield lots of opportunities for bird photos. Indeed it did – I wish I could show you all of them, but y’know, contest rule 9. Anyway, this photo from the Gravely Point parking lot is my favorite. I think this guy has a trip to the car wash in his future.

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[HokieBeth]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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This bird follows me everywhere. You might say she’s always on my back. [emoji2370]
(Photo taken mid-ride)

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[komorebi]

@bigredboiler 204009 wrote:

Thanks for the insight to the chainsaw art….definitely on my to-do list!

@JoM 203989 wrote:

Thanks for sharing the link to the tour, we’ll need to head out to VA to check it out!

Yes, the chainsaw sculptures are definitely worth checking out. If you end up riding to see them, my suggested RWGPS route is here. The cuesheet has more detailed directions than BikeArlington’s.

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