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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[CBGanimal]

2/28/21 – Mattress on a sign in Spanish it would be “colchones”

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[LeftyLaura]

So glad 27 miles turned into 15; all electronics are resting in rice.

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[CaseyKane50]

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

Mattress Warehouse on Quaker Lane in Alexandria.

[Nadine]

2/29/21 – mattress

Omg none of my mattress pictures are legible. And it’s my own fault because I got the BIKE in all the pix, & took em from across the STREET…… so the camera focused on the BIKE. And it was raining & I didn’t wanna keep Anne waiting so I didn’t check, just took 4 and off we went [emoji33] I hope this counts!

Is the MattressFirm store on Lee highway at Harrison in Arlington…. Trust me, all the other pix are worse [emoji2358]

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[camiller]

2/28/2021 Mattress

I cannot believe I went out in the rain to take a picture of a Mattress store’s sign. I’m sure the workers thought I had lost my mind and needed a new mattress to get a better night’s sleep so I wouldn’t do something so crazy.

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[historygeek]

2/28/21 Mattress

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[bigredboiler]

2/28/21 – Mattress

And I thought White House Black Market got a lot of advertising from this group yesterday
Mattress Warehouse and others take the cake today for sure. I guess getting a “National day of” has paid off for them!

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[josh]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

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

This is about as boring as it can get.
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I will say, I’m impressed that a mattress store can afford downtown/Center City rent. Mattresses must be super marked-up.

[komorebi]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

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

2/28/2021 — “mattress” on a sign. Today would have been an unpleasant day for public sleeping! At the local Mattress Firm in Potomac Yard:

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[Indiana]

2/28/21 – the word “Mattress” on a sign
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Petworth – multiple mattress mentions, + an actual mattress!
Some great murals near this mattress and furniture shop, too, to brighten a rainy, foggy ride.

[Kbikeva]

As I wondered out loud to my riding partner as we rode in the rain to get these mattress photos — what on earth keeps all these places in business? Anyone? Anyone?

[DCAKen]

2/29/21 – mattress

At least I didn’t have to take my bike up to the second floor

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[mootsfy]

2/28/21 – Mattress

[Steve O]

2/28/21 – Mattress

This store is about 200 yards from my house. I did continue on, though, and rode another 18 miles doing additional errands.

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[tomacsh]

2/28/21–“Mattress”
Takoma-Langley Crossroads has their own mattress master, Mike.

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