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]

3/2/21 – Little Free Library (with your bike in the pic!)

In 2009, President Obama proclaimed March 2 as Read Across America Day.

In celebration of the day, snap a picture of one of those happy little boxes of knowledge and intrigue known as a Little Free Library, and post it here on the forum. For this hunt, make sure your bike is also in the picture.

Happy hunting!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24645[/ATTACH]

P.S. – for those playing OUTSIDE of the U.S. that don’t have good access to a Little Free Library, take a pic of a cool looking library, but make sure that you have your bike in the pic

[Shawnbeast]

2/28 – Mattress day
I just realized I forgot to post my mattress picture from LATE last night here.

Cheers!

Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

[Serdar]

@drevil 208872 wrote:

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24646[/ATTACH]

Honey Pig BBQ in Annandale
https://www.strava.com/activities/4874672771

[cvcalhoun]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint
I got the trifecta: Two picture of pigs (one on the door, one in the woman’s hair), the word “pig,” and a barbecue place: Honey Pig in Rockville. As for the quality of the place, it’s good enough so my son’s bachelor party was there. (It was a nontraditional bachelor party; Honey Pig’s services don’t include strippers.)

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24648[/ATTACH]

[komorebi]

@drevil 208872 wrote:

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

3/1/2021 — pig or BBQ joint. I stopped by Pork Barrel BBQ in Del Ray for scavenger-hunt and quaxing points, even though I actually prefer the other BBQ restaurant in this local restaurant group (Sweet Fire Donna’s). There’s a cute pig in Pork Barrel BBQ’s logo, although now that I think about it, the fact that the pig is holding a fork seems somewhat cannibalistic.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24649[/ATTACH]

@CaseyKane50 208885 wrote:

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.

Mystery solved! I always wondered why this Greek restaurant had a BBQ sign. Now I know. Thanks, CaseyKane50!

[Sophie CW]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint
[ATTACH=CONFIG]24650[/ATTACH]
Ordered some yummy ribs too!

[mootsfy]

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ joint

[Steve O]

3/1/2021 – Pig or BBQ joint

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24657[/ATTACH]

[bikedavid]

@drevil 208872 wrote:

3/1/21 – Pig or BBQ Joint

Federalist Pig in Adams Morgan. Unfortunately it was closed today but they have a great pig mural inside as well as BBQ!

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 208872 wrote:

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!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24607[/ATTACH]

Pig or BBQ Joint 3/1/21 Clinton, MD

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24658[/ATTACH]

[komorebi]

@drevil 208928 wrote:

3/2/21 – Little Free Library (with your bike in the pic!)

3/2/2021 — Little Free Library. Here’s my bike at branch # 91486, on Myrtle St. in Alexandria. Kudos to the “librarians” for taking the time to decorate the library with cute animal-themed wallpaper.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24662[/ATTACH]

[CBGanimal]

@drevil 208928 wrote:

3/2/21 – Little Free Library (with your bike in the pic!)

P.S. – for those playing OUTSIDE of the U.S. that don’t have good access to a Little Free Library, take a pic of a cool looking library, but make sure that you have your bike in the pic

There is actually painted books on the wall!!

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[josh]

@CBGanimal 208960 wrote:

You’re only about 22km away from an official Little Free Library (charter #3700)! We all know that’s nothing compared to your typical ride distance this BAFS. You’d better hope drevil’s not too much of a stickler for his own rules.

[cvcalhoun]

3/2/2021 — Little Free Library
I had actually found this one the night I was looking for a Beetle. It was not on the Little Free Library’s directory. However, I went and photographed it, since I already knew where it was. That wasn’t even a sleaze ride, so I started looking for others. I found one using the Little Free Library’s directory. There was another one in the directory, which I swear I had seen quite recently, but it wasn’t there today. In the end, I decided to use this one, because it more or less matched the color of my panniers.

Ironically, while searching for Little Free Libraries today, I found a VW Beetle. It would have been a perfect one, too, because it was actually painted to look like the insect kind of beetle–all red with black spots.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24663[/ATTACH]

[ALClayville]

@drevil 208928 wrote:

3/2/21 – Little Free Library (with your bike in the pic!)

In 2009, President Obama proclaimed March 2 as Read Across America Day.

In celebration of the day, snap a picture of one of those happy little boxes of knowledge and intrigue known as a Little Free Library, and post it here on the forum. For this hunt, make sure your bike is also in the picture.

Happy hunting!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24645[/ATTACH]

P.S. – for those playing OUTSIDE of the U.S. that don’t have good access to a Little Free Library, take a pic of a cool looking library, but make sure that you have your bike in the pic

The little free library outside of my local elementary school. I peeked in there and it is half full of books.[ATTACH=CONFIG]24664[/ATTACH]

[Author]

Replies