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

[Catedrew]

@Nadine 208911 wrote:

3/1/21 – pig!

This place has all 3 – a pig likeness, the word pig, and they serve pork. It’s a li’l fancy priced but it’s REALLY good. Now I wanna go again. One day [emoji2358][emoji1744]

Good thing Drevil doesn’t dock points for lack of originality. I knew last night when I saw what today’s challenge was that I was gonna go here – but Cate got here first [emoji16][emoji1744]

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That’s because it’s on my daily lunch ride route!

[Catedrew]

@drevil 208928 wrote:

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

3/2/21 – Little Free Library – There were SO MANY to choose from within a 3-mile radius of my home. This one is in Lyon Park in Arlington, and on my normal lunch ride route..

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[LhasaCM]

3/2 – Little Free Library

#100677 on 5th NE for the 51st state

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[bigredboiler]

3-2-21 Little Free Library

Not surprised to see many postings today.
Here is a nicely decorated one.

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[tomacsh]

3/2/21–Little Free Library
Thanks for the “softball” today [mention]drevil [/mention]!
I think there are 5 LFLs in a 1-mile radius of my house. But I chose to explore a “new” neighborhood near my work and found this one (also in less than a mile Picked up some good reads for my kiddo too [emoji432]

Sundale Dr, Silver Spring, MD

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[camiller]

3/2/2021 Little Free Library

We couldn’t help but to check out the books at the three libraries we found.

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[Nadine]

3/2/21 – little free library

I went on a reading party ride today with HokieBeth and Cathy…. We decided to find a different little free library for each of us. Mine (here) is right by Fort Hunt on Winthrop street.

We had a great time with this one. Cathy & I ended up stuffing books in our bags to take home, all on Beth’s recommendations.

Besides the rad reading party ride, this was a nice one for me because…. My mom died 6 years ago yesterday, on her 74th birthday. She wouldabin 80 yesterday. My mom was an English professor. She LOVED to read. I learned to read when I was 4 because she was single parenting while she was a grad student, so reading was the THING at my house. When I was older I’d go raid her bookcase. She’d had it custom made to fit the entire wall of her bedroom, floor to ceiling. One side was American writers & the other British. (I can’t remember if she put writers from other countries in another bookcase or just snuck ’em in with the American & British writers.)

Thanks for helping me remember some of the good times with my mom, Drevil, Hokiebeth, & Cathy [emoji3531]

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[smb9600]

3/2/21 – Little Free Library

I love these libraries!

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[Laurie E.]

@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!

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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

Little Free Library 3/2/21 “Books Box” as I call them. This for your information on how far I will go to find a photo. Southern Prince George’s County literally only has ONE little free library books box. With Mary Ellsworth’s help, I was able to locate the vicinity of where the only one in Southern PGC was. So, I left out on my bike in daylight, hunting for it. After taking my life in hand, on private property, the owner came home and asked if he could help me. “YES”, was my response, I took him my phone to show him why I was there. He tells me where the library is. I response that I’m not looking for the library but The Little Free Library that is a “Books Box’, he says ‘You mean the ‘grab and go'”? I said “YES”, He directs me how to get to it, then tells me to be careful out here. Well, I finally found it, in the dark of night. I deserve extra points for putting my life at risk Ricky.

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[LeftyLaura]

3/2/21-Little free library

So in the woods of Reston is an elaborate path system with twists and turns and ways to get totally lost. The infamous Glade is notorious for winding along the stream and not letting you back to the road. Along side one of these lonely paths is a separate wooded path that led to a fairy house and a little free library. This library has lights, the fairy house had dragons on the roof and little doors that you could open. It was a magical world with a blue bench to rest your weary bones while you were deciding on which book to swap. A great start to my day.

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[mootsfy]

3/2/21 Little Free Library with your bike.

[accordioneur]

3/2/21-Little free library

My ride today took me past three Little Free Libraries: one in my neighborhood which was my destination, plus two others I happened upon while riding. All three were in the Arlington part of my ride. Once I crossed over into McLean, no more libraries. Perhaps the covenants in the neighborhoods of multi-million dollar homes prohibit such beggarly little structures.

As I was finishing up my ride I passed someone who I spotted wearing the telltale green reflectors (LisaE, I think, based on Strava Flyby) – I shouted out “Hi Freezing Saddles!” as I went by, but I demonstrated my usual lack of social graces and didn’t slow down to chat with them.

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[drevil]

3/3/21 – Train

On March 3, 1938, the Mallard steam locomotive was built. Exactly 4 months later, it set the world speed record of 126mph.

On your ride, capture a train and post your one photo here on the forum.

Happy hunting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSL50S66Oe8

[josh]

@drevil 208928 wrote:

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

I went out to capture a LFL (charter #45661 I believe), got back, and was ready to upload to this thread when I remembered that the bike needed to be in the photo. So I had to turn around and head back out and I snagged this one instead:
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It’s charter #41268. I almost missed it at first because it’s a repurposed pay phone. I also couldn’t figure out how to open it, so I’m either super dumb or it’s locked at night (with maybe another couple potential options too).

[bikesnick]

@drevil 208928 wrote:

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

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