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]

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign

In 2011, someone (seriously?!!?) created National Public Sleeping Day, which is celebrated every February 28. Let’s celebrate by going for a ride and seeking the word “mattress”. (This one’s more goofy than usual, I know )

Happy hunting!

If you haven’t seen the supremely silly but extremely talented biker Sam Pilgrim, well, watch him get rad on a headboard bike:

[accordioneur]

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

Uninspired today. Took the easy way out and just photographed one of the many BLM signs in the neighborhood.

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[accordioneur]

@Nadine 208741 wrote:

STI also stands for sexually transmitted infection. That’s what it meant in MY former life. [emoji16] (I was an AIDS/Health educator 88-03.)

Nadine, I was going with a theme – not only did I walk through the whole word with three letter acronyms, but they all related to my simulation work in 90’s. Fortunately, I have no personal conection to your definition of STI.

[mootsfy]

2/27/21 the words Black or White

[Catedrew]

@drevil 208744 wrote:

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

2/27/21 – Black and/or White. Well, the sign says ‘black’ but it is IN black and white, if that counts for the white.

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 208744 wrote:

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

On February 27, 1981, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder started recording Ebony and Ivory. Fun fact: while Billboard magazine ranked it #59 of the Hot 100 songs of all-time, Blender magazine named it the tenth worst song of all time.

On your ride, find the word “black” or “white” on a sign. If you capture both words in one snapshot, you’ll get 2 points.

Happy hunting!

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Find the words Black or White, more credit for both words 2/27/21

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[rumipumi]

2/28 mattress

5 rode at midnight
to outsmart Sunday’s rain
And find signs with “mattress”
(From Drevil’s crazy brain)

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign

Sunday should be a nice day to sleep in.
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[cvcalhoun]

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign
When I saw this one, I knew I had to get a photo of Bethesda’s weird little Mattress Row. We have a Mattress Warehouse at 6930 Wisconsin Avenue. And we have a Mattress Firm at 6950 Wisconsin Ave. There is only one building between them (a Verizon store), so I was able to get signs for both into one shot.

The Mattress Firm has big signs all over it saying that it is having a sale because it is closing. So you’d think maybe it was trying to move away from the competition? Not really. It is just moving to 7020 Wisconsin Ave., less than a block away.

In any event, I doubt either store is currently allowing people to engage in public sleeping on their mattresses, what with the pandemic and all.

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[Nadine]

@accordioneur 208814 wrote:

Nadine, I was going with a theme – not only did I walk through the whole word with three letter acronyms, but they all related to my simulation work in 90’s. Fortunately, I have no personal conection to your definition of STI.

I know [emoji16] I enjoyed your work related acronyms all throughout that one long word. It just made me smile that my work history had such a completely different meaning associated with that acronym.

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[Kbikeva]

@Laurie E. 208818 wrote:

Find the words Black or White, more credit for both words 2/27/21

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These cookies are what came to my brain when I saw what drevil asked us to get, but I couldn’t think of where I might find them! Good job spotting them, Laurie!

[karenbikes2]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign

In 2011, someone (seriously?!!?) created National Public Sleeping Day, which is celebrated every February 28. Let’s celebrate by going for a ride and seeking the word “mattress”. (This one’s more goofy than usual, I know )

Happy hunting!

If you haven’t seen the supremely silly but extremely talented biker Sam Pilgrim, well, watch him get rad on a headboard bike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefuaM1_lJA

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign

Two signs as well as on the side of a truck and the building!

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[Kbikeva]

At this point my gloves were still water resistant and my optimist sunglasses were still functioning fairly well. The things we do for points …

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[LhasaCM]

2/28 – Mattress

The mattress store wonder that is Columbia Heights. Didn’t realize my phone was set on 3x zoom for the quick photo stop (shoe cover zipper broke so I had one heavy water-filled shoe encouraging me to get home ASAP)…for the record, this one is of the “Warehouse” variety.

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