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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[CaseyKane50]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

A mask and crowns. Located on Alison Street in Alexandria.

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[DCAKen]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

The word and the likeness

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

Pearl Dive is still celebrating Mardi Gras!

[Serdar]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

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I rode to Old Town hoping to find a Mardi Gras mask in the window of one of its many souvenir shops but instead met a nice lady wearing that mask. I asked politely, and the rest is history now.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4798104800

[Steve O]

2/16/21 Crown or Mask (with eye holes)

What is it about pawn shops?
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BTW – this was really easy to find. Not at all a “royal pain.”

[LisaE]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

The “crown” atop the jester’s head on this bottle of Prophecy Pinot Noir seems to fit the spirit of Mardi Gras. Found at the only store I enter these days—CVS.

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[cvcalhoun]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)
Or in this case crowns AND masks.

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[rumipumi]

2/16 Fat Tuesday (mask or crown)

Millie holding my bike and oh so casually happens to have brought an actual authentic mardi gras mask!

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[Kbikeva]

2/16/21 – Fat Tuesday – Crown or Mask with eyeholes

Did the multi-modal thing to go up to Dewey Park in MD and see those amazing murals – thanks to all who have shown them off in this and other threads. Rode through Bethesda downtown thinking it would be easy to find a crown. My fallback was the Starbucks lady. But my riding partner needed to get back quicker than I so she did the Starbucks lady just in case. I gave in and went into see a bartender at World of Beer to take a photo of a Corona. She laughed at my request and thought it was a great game (everyone loves this game when you explain it!). As I came out, Lefty Laura pointed across the street — there was a Smoothie King – with crown on the logo. But it wasn’t as pretty as my Corona bottle so here it is.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes) … If you find a likeness, that’ll be 2 points total.

My first photo was my bicycle at the Crown gas station pump. Ha.
Then my wife spotted this princely find.
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[camiller]

2/16/2021 Crown or Mask
Never found a mask or crown on our entire 35 miles ride. We ended up using our backup plan – off to the ABC store for some Crown Royal 👑

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[AlanA]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

The word and a Crown! Do I get 3 points for that?? I even got gas here once (this station is in Myersville, MD).

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[HokieBeth]

2/16 Mardi Gras Mask and Crown

Took a while to find this house that Samantha had seen last week, just as we gave up looking there it was!

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[accordioneur]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

This is the first time in years that I haven’t had a Mardi Gras gig. Blah. I will have to mix myself a sazerac and play some bayou tunes on the squeezebox.

Throughout this contest I’ve been trying to avoid the easy way out of just going to a store that sells the day’s thing. Today I was going to finally cop out and photograph Mardi Gras masks at Ayers Hardware and Variety in Westover, but once again I forgot that in COVID times they’re closed on Tuesday. Fortunately, the Walgreens was open and they sell Hallmark cards. Laissez les vélos rouler!

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[karenbikes2]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

Mardi Gras, aka Fat Tuesday, is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. Fun fact: if you want to ride on a Mardi Gras float you must wear a mask. In fact, it is actually illegal to ride one without one!

On your ride, find a crown (that sits on top of your head) or a mask (that has eyeholes). If you find the word, it’ll be 1 point. If you find a likeness, that’ll be 2 points total.

Happy hunting!

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2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

Searched high and low on a 35 mile ride without luck for a crown or mask (with eye holes) or the word. Desperation led me to the local ABC store and purchase of a mini Royal Crown Black bottle of whiskey.

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