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

[CBGanimal]

3/3/21 – Train

My daughter is on that train!

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[komorebi]

@drevil 209002 wrote:

3/3/21 – Train

3/3/2021 — train. This mural by Chad Brady is on the side of Cheesetique in Del Ray. It honors the old Potomac Yard railway linking Alexandria to Washington, D.C. as well as the St. Asaph Racetrack.

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[Kbikeva]

3/3/21 Train

The best part about standing on a bridge over I-66 awaiting a train photo of the Metro is seeing all the people in cars that are inbound … and not moving.

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[LisaE]

3/3/21 – Train

Choo Choo!! Mural across from the Vienna old railway station [emoji579] along the W&OD.

My bike looks so small.

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[AlanA]

3/3/21 – Train

Here is my picture of an automotive tractor with one or more trailer units.

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PS. Please let me know if you won’t give me credit for this. I also have a bogus “train” picture that does not meet the rules of this days hunt. I know that more than one picture is a no-no.

[HokieBeth]

3/3 Trains

That’s Conductor Samantha drivin’ that train….

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 209002 wrote:

3/3/21 – Train

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Lisle Park

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 209002 wrote:

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

3/3/21 Train

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[rumipumi]

3/3 train spotting

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[cvcalhoun]

3/3/21 – Train
This one was tough only because it couldn’t be done at my usual midnight, since the trains now have such abbreviated hours. My original plan was to slip out during working hours and get the MARC train at Garrett Park. Unfortunately, I had one of those days when I got a message saying, “When are you available this afternoon, because we want to try to schedule a meeting sometime this afternoon.” It never got scheduled, but just slipping out in time for one of the MARC trains (which don’t run as frequently as Metro) wasn’t going to work. So I biked to a Metro station (White Flint) that would allow me to see a train from outside the station, as opposed to actually having to pay the fare just to take a picture. As you can see, I ended up peering through a fence to get the photo, but I did manage to get some of my bike into the picture.

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[josh]

@drevil 209002 wrote:

3/3/21 – Train

Quantity > Quality
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These are a bunch of SEPTA trains in the rail yard, wishing they had the golden hour lighting the buildings did.

[CaseyKane50]

3/3/21 – Train

Norfolk Southern trains at the ethanol transfer station near the Van Dorn Metro and the Alexandria and Arlington waste to energy facility.

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[smb9600]

3/3/21 -Train

Long Bridge Park

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[Sophie CW]

3/3/21 – Train at B&O Historic Depot in Olde Town Gaithersburg, MD
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[Mtansill]

3/3/2021 – Train

I looked up the local MARC schedule and even poked my nose into an area that’s sometimes used as a train yard near Anacostia Riverwalk Park, but in the end I thought that it would be cool to highlight another mural in the Lakeland area of College Park. All the way to the left is a train. The left side of the mural is supposed to represent Lakeland as it is today, the right side of the mural (not currently pictured) features historic images of Lakeland.

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