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

[CaseyKane50]

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

The word peace in a poster. The poster is located at Black Lives Matter Plaza.

[accordioneur]

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

This is one where I really didn’t have an idea of where I was going to find it. I thought my only hope was to find one of those “Coexist” bumper stickers that have all the symbols of all the major religions and the peace sign. Unfortunately, it was a case of reverse Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon – those darned things seem ubiquitous, but when I went out looking for one they were nowhere to be found. I remembered having spotted one on the ride where I was looking for stars, and even approximately where I had seen it, and so I headed in that direction. Just as I was approaching the area where I was going to start searching in earnest, I spotted this flag. Lo and behold – Both the word and the footprint of the American chicken!

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 208327 wrote:

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

“Peace” in Hebrew = Shalom
(Yes, I know shalom carries so much more meaning than just peace, but I couldn’t find a peace sign.)
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[Kbikeva]

@Nadine 208337 wrote:

Yeah but she hasn’t missed a day on her bike since [emoji848]~ 2012-13?

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But how would I have known that? I don’t know her, I don’t follow her on Strava, and it was just a view from a balcony. Remember, there are some of us playing who aren’t part of the original crowd. We don’t necessarily have the intel you have.

[Kbikeva]

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

On my way to a church with Peace in its name, I saw this on someone’s fence.

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[komorebi]

@drevil 208327 wrote:

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

2/21/2021 — the word “peace” in any language. Here’s my bike visiting the mural “Education, Not Incarceration” at the Tenants and Workers United Building in Alexandria. The artist goes by MasPaz (“more peace” in Spanish), and my photo shows the part of the mural that has his signature. But the whole mural is very cool and worth a visit.

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[Nadine]

@Kbikeva 208350 wrote:

But how would I have known that? I don’t know her, I don’t follow her on Strava, and it was just a view from a balcony. Remember, there are some of us playing who aren’t part of the original crowd. We don’t necessarily have the intel you have.

I figured that… That’s why I shared mine! [emoji16]
And here’s a li’l more, just for funsies, not relevant to this side bet or your question….Cbganimal is #1 on the individual leaderboard [emoji3][emoji1360][emoji1360][emoji1360]

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[cvcalhoun]

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)
Being from the People’s Republic of Montgomery County was a distinct disadvantage the day that “Make America Great Again” signs were one of the possibilities. But today it was a definite advantage. Aside from this mural, I found a sign in the same shopping mall with a number of inspirational phrases, including both the word “Peace” and the peace sign. (That one is on my Strava ride, but we’re only allowed one here, and I figured the mural was more in line with the overall theme.)

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[AlanA]

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

Whew! I had just about given up when I found this on Thurston Rd. about a mile from the end of today’s ride. Thanks to an awesome treehouse in the yard, I slowed down and saw this. Yay!! What a great way to end a ride!

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[cvcalhoun]

@DCAKen 208345 wrote:

the Peace Memorial at the Capitol is now barricaded

If that isn’t a sign of the times, I don’t know what is!

[bikedavid]

@drevil 208327 wrote:

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

Instead of love in the air

[karenbikes2]

@drevil 208327 wrote:

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

British designer and artist Gerald Holtom introduced the peace symbol to an anti-nuclear pacifist organization on February 21, 1958. It represents the letters “N” and “D” (in semaphore) for “Nuclear Disarmament”.

On your ride, find the peace symbol (not the Mercedes logo!) or the word “peace”, which can be in any language.

Happy hunting!

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2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

The NVA Returned Peace Corp Volunteers maintain a section of the Reston pathway system, evidently. No time to explore further afield because my #1 task today was a trip to Woodbridge to get my 2nd Covid vaccinations shot! [emoji16] Longish wait but it’s done!!

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 208327 wrote:

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

I found both the symbol and the word – in different places – but I thought I’d include the word for this one. It’s on a house in the 200 block of N. Barton Street in Arlington, and is flanked by three other houses, each with the words HOPE, JOY, and LOVE – all which light up like this one. It’s great to see all four of them.

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[LeftyLaura]

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace”

After my self quarantine was over I jumped on the bike for a decaskeaze and Hunters Wood Mural for a double peace sign.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 208327 wrote:

2/21/21 – the round Peace symbol or the word “peace” (in any language)

This house in Riverdale Park sports a peace sign. And it’s right next to another house in Riverdale Park which ALSO sports a peace sign. Just one house fit in my photo.
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