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

[mootsfy]

3/3/21 – Train

[sszibler]

3/3/21 – Train Sorry for posting two. I just wasn’t sure that a faded picture of a train was sufficient and I’m finally posting before midnight.

[cvcalhoun]

@sszibler 209079 wrote:

3/3/21 – Train Sorry for posting two. I just wasn’t sure that a faded picture of a train was sufficient and I’m finally posting before midnight.

You may want to delete the first one. Drevil’s rules say you can’t post more than one.

[Kbikeva]

@cvcalhoun 209081 wrote:

You may want to delete the first one. Drevil’s rules say you can’t post more than one.

Technically, he can – he just doesn’t get a full point.

[drevil]

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

On March 4, 1930, Mrs. Charles Fahning of Buffalo N.Y. bowled a perfect 300 game. Believe it or not, people have figured out how to mix bowling with biking that go from cute to downright silly.

On your ride, hunt for a bowling alley, snap a pic, and post it here in the forum.

Happy hunting!

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[accordioneur]

3/3/21 – Train

[Nadine]

You had just taken this when I saw you this afternoon, right? [emoji57]

@accordioneur

[CBGanimal]

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

I think the place was actually open!

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[josh]

@drevil 209084 wrote:

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

Self-explanatory:
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[komorebi]

@drevil 209084 wrote:

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

3/4/2021 — bowling alley. At the Bowlero in Crystal City, which opened just last summer.

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[Steve O]

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

Looks like komorebi and I had the same post-coffee club idea

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 209084 wrote:

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

Pinstripes in Georgetown. Not sure if they open for bowling but they are open for food and drinks for a “strikingly good time.”

[CaseyKane50]

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

Thursday Coffee Club clearly led many of us to 23rd Street to gaze upon the Bowlero.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 209084 wrote:

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

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Bowl America Shirley at 6450 Edsall Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312
https://www.strava.com/activities/4890240189

[LisaE]

3/4/21 – Bowling Alley

Bowl America in Falls Church.

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