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

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[historygeek]

2/13 diner and bike

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[CaseyKane50]

2/13/21 – Diner with my bike

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The Van Dorn is located on South Van Dorn Street in Alexandria.

[komorebi]

@drevil 207732 wrote:

2/13/21 – Diner

2/13/2021 — Diner. Scavenger-hunting and quaxing at Bob and Edith’s Diner in Crystal City, where I had the pleasure of running into Boomer2U and HokieBeth, who were doing the same thing!

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[Boomer Cycles]

02/13/21 – Diner + Bikes [emoji605]

Just like [mention]komorebi [/mention], [mention]HokieBeth [/mention] and I rolled up to Bob &Edith’s Diner at exactly the same time! We ate veggie omelettes on the outdoor patio which we had to ourselves for some #quaxapalooza smallbiz points, but alas, froze our fingers and toes so had to cut short our planned Decasleaze #publicarfinder ride in order to thaw out at the 7-Eleven down the street.

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[accordioneur]

2/13 – Diner

Went for a ride first thing this morning to get the picture before the precip started. I guess I wasn’t fully awake since I forgot the part about getting my bike in the picture. Oh, well – I’m not going to ride back and re-take the picture now.

Metro 29 has the feel of a New York diner, unlike Bob & Edith’s, which has more of a Southern diner feel. Unfortunately, Metro 29 has been completely closed due to COVID.

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[bigredboiler]

2/13/21 – Diner & Bike

I really should have just taken a diner photo and moved on, since the weather moved in fastest than I expected. Instead, as typical, I used my precious cycling time to make a diner tour (among other things) of the brief morning. I did have to cut the tour short after 8 diners, as I saw the freezing rain quickly approaching on the radar.
Got caught 30min out, and made it home with nothing worse than ice covered bike and clothes

Silver Diner gets the photo for here today. Nice colors and lighting, plus Silver Diner contributed to a clock photo a few days ago as well!

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[CBGanimal]

2/13/21 – Diner with bike and the word for the extra point

Diners in Spain look more like western out door saloons!

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[josh]

@drevil 207732 wrote:

2/13/21 – Diner
On your ride, find a diner – preferably one you like – take a snapshot of it and post it here in the forum. For an extra bonus point, have both the word “Diner” and at least part of your bike in it.

Here’s the Broad Street Diner, which is open 24/7. The bike that happens to be in the shot is also my bike, just in case you were wondering. I’ve never eaten here, maybe never will.
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I figured I’d patronize the Tasty instead (see photos on Strava) and get my quax in, but unfortunately they don’t seem to have the word diner anywhere on their storefront. If you’re in the DC area, I heartily recommend Fare Well.

[consularrider]

@drevil 207732 wrote:

2/13/21 – Diner

On February 13, 1960, the first of the Nashville Sit-ins occurred to non-violently protest segregation in the South. It eventually lead to six downtown stores opening their lunch counters to black customers for the first time.

On your ride, find a diner – preferably one you like – take a snapshot of it and post it here in the forum. For an extra bonus point, have both the word “Diner” and at least part of your bike in it.

Please be careful out there if it gets slippery!

Happy hunting!

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In Yorkville the Midnight Express Diner at 2nd Ave and E 89th St. There were just too many to choose from, but I didn’t stop to eat even though inside dining became available in NYC yesterday.

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[smb9600]

2/13/21 – Diner

Good ole Bob & Edith’s – the original on Columbia Pike. I used to live right behind it, so it was one of my favorite places to go for breakfast! (& I still haven’t been to any of their other locations!)

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[HokieBeth]

2/13 Diner + Bike

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[LhasaCM]

2/13 – Diner (and bike)

Ari’s Diner in Ivy City. Oh how I miss going into restaurants…

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[Steve O]

2/13/21 – Diner (plus bonus point for having your bike in the picture)

Unlike all you other wimps, I waited until after noon to go out and burnish my Rule 9 bona fides.

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https://www.strava.com/activities/4782480912

[LhasaCM]

@Steve O 207803 wrote:

Unlike all you other wimps, I waited until after noon to go out and burnish my Rule 9 bona fides.

Hey – not all of us were smart enough to avoid this lovely weather. https://www.strava.com/activities/4782411916

[Kbikeva]

Today is total fail for me, the photo as well as riding at all. By 8am, I couldn’t even walk out on my driveway – which would have been necessary to get to the street for even a sleeze mile, much less riding to the local diner for a photo. So instead, I did this.

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Now if only I could get to my local bike shop to hand off the cookies to young people who burn calories at a much higher rate than I do!

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