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

[Nadine]

@HokieBeth 208634 wrote:

2/25 Ducks

Ducks and a Goose who identifies as a duck.

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Hahaha oh yes you did [emoji38][emoji1360]

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[Nadine]

2/25 duck

I wad riding with Hokiebeth today & she had a good feeling about gravely point – and look!

I didn’t get the ducky goose into this pic though [emoji57]

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[consularrider]

I did not see a single duck on any of the waterways of today’s ride, just gaggles of Canada Geese.

[Steve O]

2/25/21 – Duck

Not so many later in the day. I had to ride along 4MR for a while before I saw these two

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 208584 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

The ducks at Nellie’s

[drevil]

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

On February 26, 1935, Watson-Watt demonstrates the feasibility of RADAR – RAdio Detection And Ranging – to the British Air Ministry. This got me to thinking that there are acronyms everywhere, especially when you count hidden ones.

On your ride, find an acronym or initialism, whether it be standalone or within other words. Here’s a list of some examples: https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/articles/common-accronyms.html

Two things for this hunt:

1. It has to be 3 letters or more
2. You have to let us know what your acronym/initialism is and spell it out

Happy hunting!

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[cvcalhoun]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym (3 letters or more)

On February 26, 1935, Watson-Watt demonstrates the feasibility of RADAR – RAdio Detection And Ranging – to the British Air Ministry. This got me to thinking that there are acronyms everywhere, especially when you count hidden ones.

On your ride, find an acronym, whether it be standalone or within other words. Here’s a list of some examples: https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/articles/common-accronyms.html

Two things for this hunt:

1. It has to be 3 letters or more
2. You have to let us know what your acronym is and spell it out

Happy hunting!

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Just a clarification: If it is within other words, do those words have to be in all caps? For example, if your acronym is BEG, would a sign with “Beginning” be acceptable?

[mootsfy]

2/25/21 – Duck

[bigredboiler]

2/25/21 – Duck

Another day where I figured wandering around would work out (eventually). About the time I was ready to give up, I stopped this in a house window…wooden duck.

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[sszibler]

@Kbikeva 208659 wrote:

I feel like that’s a set up for a Marx Brothers inane dialogue….

Of course!

[sszibler]

2/25/21 – Duck

Duck Boat! Stay off in thunderstorms.

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 208584 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

On February 25, 1970, “Rubber Duckie” premiered on Sesame Street when Ernie sang the song while taking a bath. Fun fact:
“The segment was so popular that the song was issued as a single with the show’s theme song as the flip side. In September, it peaked at #16 on the Hot 100, and on November 16, it once again appeared on Sesame Street, this time in a Season 2 segment again with Ernie performing the song.”

On your ride, capture a likeness of a duck, whether it be an actual duck, an image, or made of rubber. Caveat is that it can’t be your own duck.

Happy hunting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTo6fJVkQ0E

2/25/21 Clinton, MD “likeness a duck”

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 208584 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

On February 25, 1970, “Rubber Duckie” premiered on Sesame Street when Ernie sang the song while taking a bath. Fun fact:
“The segment was so popular that the song was issued as a single with the show’s theme song as the flip side. In September, it peaked at #16 on the Hot 100, and on November 16, it once again appeared on Sesame Street, this time in a Season 2 segment again with Ernie performing the song.”

On your ride, capture a likeness of a duck, whether it be an actual duck, an image, or made of rubber. Caveat is that it can’t be your own duck.

Happy hunting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTo6fJVkQ0E

2/25/21/ “likeness of a duck”

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[Shawnbeast]

2/25 – Duck (ride completed on 2/25)
I stopped by one of our favorite local Chinese restaurants that was delivering before it was cool (I.E. COVID-19) called Duk Wo. The spelling is funky but the duck is delicious. The kids loved to come here (in the before times) to watch the sushi chefs work, sometimes they even got a special treat from them just because they were cute and loved the sushi so much!

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[cvcalhoun]

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)
This one is a twofer: BCCRS (Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad) and CFC (Combined Federal Campaign).

I started out thinking I was going to Keep It Simple Stupid, with a picture of a Kiss & Ride sign. But on the way home, I kept finding more acronyms and initialisms everywhere. There were:

• HSBC=Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
• AZNA=Aziz & Naid. (The website of AZNA Salon says this is the derivation.)
• NTB=National Tire & Battery.
• PDG=Prestipino Dental Group (What this one stood for was right on the same sign.)
• SAT=Scholastic Aptitude Test and ACT=American College Testing. (There was an SAT and ACT prep sign.)
• NIH=National Institutes of Health sign that mentioned COVID-19=COronaVIrus Disease 2019.

I thought about going to the B-CC YMCA=Bethesda-Chevy Chase Young Men’s Christian Association, but decided that was really overkill.

Ultimately, I decided to go with the sign that had both the longest initialism and a second initialism.

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