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

[rumipumi]

2/15 skeleton

These folks move and style their skeleton(s) to fit the season. Currently this one is posed with bow and arrow a la [emoji180] Cupid!!

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[historygeek]

2/15/21 St. Skeletor’s Day

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[Mtansill]

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram (5 or more letters) or Human Skeleton

Here’s your human skeleton likeness.
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[Boomer Cycles]

02/15/21 – Skeleton

Found this while riding around this morning in new2me territory of Monroe County, PA.

It was in “Batman’s” front yard, as he came charging out shirtless, holding a beer, with Bat [emoji1660] tats on both shoulders, and barked, “waddaya want?!”

I explained why I needed a skeleton shot today, and that I thought it was doubly cool that these skeletons where on a cargo bike! Batman said that the bike was his uncle’s who brought it back from Viet Nam after the war, that the front rack was a B-B-Q grill, and that it still works. I said that I’d like to come back 2C it once the snow melted, to which he said “cool.”

Also learned that the best BBQ wings in town are across the street from his crib, at the Shipyard Saloon, which looks to have some cool yard art. Will have to go back for that!

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[CaseyKane50]

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram (5 or more letters) or Human Skeleton
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Oysters at Whiskey & Oyster in the Carlyle section of Alexandria.

[LeftyLaura]

skate: the final rule following pic.

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[DCAKen]

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram

If you want to prolong that Valentines Day feeling, pick up some “oysters” at the Wharf

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[Serdar]

@drevil 207888 wrote:

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram (5 or more letters) or Human Skeleton

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Here is a human skeleton riding a rooster
https://www.strava.com/activities/4791728280

Kudos to Boomer2U for organizing DC Murals Rides last year! That’s how I knew this morning where to hunt a skeleton.

[CaseyKane50]

@sszibler 207905 wrote:

2/15/21 Skeletor’s Day

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P.S.

I don’t know why the controls on the forum posts often just don’t work – like the management of photos. Sometimes it works flawlessly (well, not flawlessly because the upload seems to work just by checking the photo boxes in your added photos – no dragging or pushing “Go” necessary. But other times all manner of hitting buttons does nothing and I end up wasting half an hour or more. I’ve had these problems with the forum for years. I rate the thread “poor” for that reason, not the thread idea – that’s excellent – but the forum controls being all wanky. Facebook is 1000% easier to post. Maybe we need ads on the forum to get some revenue. And now I see that in my second picture the word is almost illegible, while it was fine when I uploaded it.

Here is how I have always uploaded photos. There might be other and better ways, but this has always worked. One caveat, you can only upload one photo at a time.

1. I access the forum using a web browser, usually Safari on my iPad, but also Edge or Firefox on my PC
2. After logging in and opening a post, select the photo icon on the menu bar
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3. The insert image dialog box pops up, make sure “From Computer” is highlighted and click on “Choose File”
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4. The Choose File dialog pops up, select one of the options, I usually select “Photo Library”
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5. If you select “Photo Library” thumbnails of your images will be displayed, select the photo you want to post.
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6. After selecting the photo, the Insert Image dialog box will reappear. This time click on “Insert Image”. Wait patiently and your image will appear in your post.
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[cvcalhoun]

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram (5 or more letters) or Human Skeleton
Okay, I admit it, I got a little desperate on this one. The only skeletons I know about anywhere close to Bethesda are in the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, and it’s closed due to the pandemic. But I found someone on NextDoor selling a top with skeletons on it. It seemed rude just to ask to come take a picture of it, and it wasn’t that expensive, so I ended up biking out to the Twinbrook Library and buying it.

On what may or may not be a related topic, anyone want a women’s size medium scrubs top with skeletons on it? Free to good (or bad, for that matter) home.

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[rumipumi]

@CaseyKane50 207927 wrote:

Here is how I have always uploaded photos. There might be other and better ways, but this has always worked. One caveat, you can only upload one photo at a time.

1. I access the forum using a web browser, usually Safari on my iPad, but also Edge or Firefox on my PC
2. After logging in and opening a post, select the photo icon on the menu bar
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3. The insert image dialog box pops up, make sure “From Computer” is highlighted and click on “Choose File”
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4. The Choose File dialog pops up, select one of the options, I usually select “Photo Library”
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5. If you select “Photo Library” thumbnails of your images will be displayed, select the photo you want to post.
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6. After selecting the photo, the Insert Image dialog box will reappear. This time click on “Insert Image”. Wait patiently and your image will appear in your post.
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I used to do all this and then i downloaded Tapatalk and its way easier

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[LisaE]

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram (5 or more letters) or Human Skeleton

No skeletons in my neighborhood, alas. But I was confident that I should be able to find a lottery sign on the local 7-11. I did, but the lettering was TINY so I zoomed in for this collage image.

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[camiller]

2/15/2021 St. Skeletor’s Day

This house always has skeletons decorating the front yard that changes with the calendar. It is always entertaining to ride past this house. This skeleton can be found in Fairfax near WT Woodson HS on Laurel Street.

I don’t think these skeletons know that it is St. Skeletor’s Day!! �� Looks like they have been hitting the bottle. ♥️

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[komorebi]

@drevil 207888 wrote:

2/15/21 – “St Skeletor’s Day” Subanagram (5 or more letters) or Human Skeleton

2/15/2021 — “St Skeletor’s Day” subanagram. Like CaseyKane50, I also visited Whiskey and Oyster. I’ve never tried either their whiskeys or their oysters, but their Taco Tuesday specials are great.

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[Kbikeva]

2/15/21 – St Skeletor’s Day subanagram or Human Skeleton

I knew of a nearby neighborhood that had a skeleton up LONG past the fall and winter holidays so I hoped it was still there. As I came around the corner I was thrilled because although it was next to the garage ready to be put away, it was still visible! I snapped my photo and feeling smug, went on to ride and collect a parkfinder and publicartfinder. Arrived at a DINER (of course) to meet a friend for lunch. After we chatted a while she asked about my Freezing Saddles goal for the day. I pulled up the description and my photo. She asked, “Um…that’s not a human skeleton.” Aghast, I reviewed the details and DARN IT, drevil had fiendishly restricted the skeleton to human only! Argh!!!

Fortunately, she’s very smart and asked, “Why don’t you run over to our favorite bike shop? I’m sure the bike fitter has a skeleton.” I figured it would be a spine or a knee or ankle, but I was willing to go over there anyway because
a) it was less than a mile the opposite direction of my homeward travel and
b) it’s a bike shop, DUH!

And sure enough, thanks to Marcy, and to master fitter Clovis and the great bike shop Green Lizard — here is my skeleton! And I still got home before it rained.

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