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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[bikedavid]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

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

Sleeping happy tonight!

[Sophie CW]

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

@drevil 208812 wrote:

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

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Mattress&Carpet Center
https://www.strava.com/activities/4869504520

[smb9600]

2/28/21 – Mattress

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 208812 wrote:

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

2/28/21 – mattress

It was cold and rainy day, but I was able to combine trips – yay!
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[drevil]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

National Pig Day has been celebrated on March 1 since 1972, when it was started by two sisters, one of who said the purpose of the day is “to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place” as one of the most intelligent domesticated animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pig_Day

On your ride, find a pig, whether it be the word or a likeness …orrrr… you can go the opposite way and find a BBQ joint that serves pork (preferably one you’d recommend). This brings up one thing that I always thought was funny: why do some restaurants have a cheery icon of the animal you are about to eat (e.g. Hot N Juicy or Pollo Campero)? Have those animals not watched Soylent Green or Cloud Atlas? :confused:

Happy hunting!

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[Nadine]

Hahaha at Carolina Bros on the W&OD they have the NAME on the wall of the pig being served that day [emoji33][emoji38][emoji15][emoji1744]

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[CBGanimal]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ joint

My cousin recommended this place but it was closed. It was easy enough to get there but my luck ran out when I hit rain all the way home

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[CaseyKane50]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

The pig outlasted the restaurant! The Dixie Pig Bar-B-Q restaurant closed in the late 1990s, but the sign survived. Now Vaso’s, a Greek restaurant occupies the space on Powhatan Street in Alexandria.

[Boomer Cycles]

02/29/21 – Mattress

Just realized that I forgot to post this last night, after riding in the rain, getting a flat tire, and my Garmin died … it was a rough night, indeed … but hopeful that the Scavenger Gods will grant me leniency with my delayed submission [emoji1374]

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[Kbikeva]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

My riding partner (Lefty Laura) and I biked to two different BBQ joints today, one in Reston and one in Herndon. Neither had any pig images so we settled for BBQ restaurant signs and started working our way back home. When we were within 2 miles of our respective homes Laura called out, “PIGS!”. And sure enough, one porch held two pigs, so we each got a very satisfying photo.

This little porker is in charge of ice cream security.

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[LeftyLaura]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

And here is the other porker on the porch w/KBikeVA.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 208872 wrote:

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

3/1/21 – Pig – Green Pig Bistro!! On N. Fillmore Street in Arlington.

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[LisaE]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

“The Man Slopping Pigs” by Richard Beyer (uncle of current Congressmen Don Beyer Jr), a cast-aluminum statue installed in 1984 in front of Don Beyer Volvo store in Falls Church, VA.

The Beyer brothers, Richard and Don Sr, grew up on Springhill Farm in McLean, where their mother, Clara, kept pigs, so a portion of the story surrounding the statue goes.

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[DCAKen]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

This little piggy went to dinner

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