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

[drevil]

Thanks everyone for showing off your birds! Tally after “1/5-birds”: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit#gid=0

Sorry kbikeva, no quote of me and my ask or mention of the date and “bird” in your post

I do agree with you that there are hordes of geese on my riding routes on ART and Lake Artemesia right now. Some of them taking their sweet time to clear off the path even though I ask nicely.

@Kbikeva 204029 wrote:

Next to the word “Ubiquitous” in the dictionary and also in every smidgen of water in the area. Hey Canada, take your geese back!

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Rod, I coincidentally got 2 new pairs of glasses (vision and computer) yesterday and even with both of them, I couldn’t easily see the bird in your pic. I had to zoom like 10,000% until I finally saw it.

@Rod Smith 204100 wrote:

1/5/2021 bird

Everyone please remember to submit pics that are large enough (esp on Tapatalk) so that we can clearly see the item? Thanks!

[Kbikeva]

I humbly accept your DQ — but I swear I went to your original ask, and hit “reply” – which I thought would include that. Rats. Oh well, they weren’t the best birds anyway. Today I saw many more!

[Kbikeva]

It does seem strange to be doing Freezing Saddles w/o Pete.

[Kbikeva]

1/6/2021 – Beans

Local coffee house in Vienna. A favorite with cyclists as it’s just off the W&OD on Church St. Bikeracks courtesy of Bikes@Vienna.

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[SusanG1693]

@drevil 204117 wrote:

1/6/21 – Small Business that features beans. Happy hunting!

Not only is it National Bean Day, it’s Rowan Atkinson’s (aka Mr Bean) birthday! Small business definitely means no Chipotle, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Baja Fresh. Again, it’d be cool if it’s a place you actually like – and if you’d want to – explain why.

Please remember in your posts to either reply/quote this or write the date and what the hunted object is

Picked up fabulous vegetarian breakfast burritos with black beans for the whole family at Pica Taco in the Lansdowne shopping Center off Beulah Rd in Alexandria. YUM!

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[LeslyJ]

@drevil 204117 wrote:

1/6/21 – Small Business that features beans. Happy hunting!

Not only is it National Bean Day, it’s Rowan Atkinson’s (aka Mr Bean) birthday! Small business definitely means no Chipotle, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Baja Fresh. Again, it’d be cool if it’s a place you actually like – and if you’d want to – explain why.

Please remember in your posts to either reply/quote this or write the date and what the hunted object is

1/6/21 – Yes, Boon not Bean. Boon is a coffee making ceremony in Eritrea, home of my local coffee shop owner.

[bentbike33]

@drevil 204171 wrote:

I do agree with you that there are hordes of geese on my riding routes on ART and Lake Artemesia right now. Some of them taking their sweet time to clear off the path even though I ask nicely.

You need to ring your bell vigorously at the geese to chase them off the trail. I was training the MVT geese just so prior to the pandemic, and they were responding much better than the Wharf-area tourists.

[JoM]

@LeslyJ 204185 wrote:

1/6/21 – Yes, Boon not Bean. Boon is a coffee making ceremony in Eritrea, home of my local coffee shop owner.

Drevil and I have attended a boon. Would love to do it again w the FS crew!

[bigredboiler]

@accordioneur 204162 wrote:

District Taco has grown from its food truck origins into a chain of a dozen or so physical locations, but I still consider it a small local business. Yes, I like it, and the reason is in its name – tacos!

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And it’s owned by a local cyclist! What’s not to love?

[consularrider]

@drevil 204117 wrote:

1/6/21 – Small Business that features beans. Happy hunting!

Not only is it National Bean Day, it’s Rowan Atkinson’s (aka Mr Bean) birthday! Small business definitely means no Chipotle, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Baja Fresh. Again, it’d be cool if it’s a place you actually like – and if you’d want to – explain why.

Please remember in your posts to either reply/quote this or write the date and what the hunted object is

A three-fer! Also for #BAFS2021SmallBiz & #FS2021coffeesnobride – Pueblo Querido Coffee Roasters, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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[DCAKen]

@drevil 204117 wrote:

1/6/21 – Small Business that features beans. Happy hunting!

Since it wasn’t a good day to get some Senate bean soup, I stopped by the local beanery near Adams Morgan

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[rumipumi]

1/6/21 Mr Bean Day

[mootsfy]

@drevil 204117 wrote:

1/6/21 – Small Business that features beans. Happy hunting!

Not only is it National Bean Day, it’s Rowan Atkinson’s (aka Mr Bean) birthday! Small business definitely means no Chipotle, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Baja Fresh. Again, it’d be cool if it’s a place you actually like – and if you’d want to – explain why.

Please remember in your posts to either reply/quote this or write the date and what the hunted object is

1/6/21 – Beans. Good food, good price.

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[CaseyKane50]

1/6/2021 Small business that features beans.

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Mason and Greens opened last March on King Street in Alexandria. Not only do they sell beans, but they focus on zero waste. They have plans to open a store in Washington.

[Kbikeva]

@LeslyJ 204185 wrote:

1/6/21 – Yes, Boon not Bean. Boon is a coffee making ceremony in Eritrea, home of my local coffee shop owner.

I love everything about this post!

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