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

[Kbikeva]

@historygeek 209241 wrote:

3/6/21 element name
Iron (and Rollergirls!)

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I got distracted with what I thought was “Martini” thinking, “I didn’t know there was an element named for that!” lol

[Indiana]

3/6/21 element name

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The balloon store didn’t mention helium.
The dentist didn’t advertise fluoride, and I realized it would have needed to be flourine anyway.
The dry cleaner had an icon of an iron, but didn’t spell out the word.
The metro bus maps stopped before silver spring.
But thankfully this meter says *silver* spring networks.

[LeftyLaura]

3/6/2021 – a.n Element Iron

At the corner of Iron Forge is curved Iron

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[accordioneur]

3/6/21 – element name

I had to go to the drug store anyway. Went looking for Coppertone. Found this first.

[mrhappy_onabike]

3/6/21 – element name

Pt (element 78)

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[Sophie CW]

3/6/21 – Element Name: Mercury
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[Catedrew]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

3/6/21 – Element Name: Silver

I had a whole list to look for, but because I got a late start, I went for the closest. The Silver Diner in Arlington.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

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Bluemercury store
https://www.strava.com/activities/4902024514

[Mtansill]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

Two! Count them, two! Fun elements here. I am choosing to submit “argon.” Found outside a physics building at the University of Maryland College Park.

Argon is a noble gas, and is the third-most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon

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[drevil]

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

March 7 marks the beginning of Girl Scout Week, so lets celebrate the cookie!

Fun fact: Thin Mints are the top-selling cookie, followed in descending sales order by Caramel deLites/Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwiches, and Trefoils/Shortbread. What’s your favorite?

On your ride, take a selfie with a cookie that you bought during the ride (i.e., don’t bring it from home!) for 1 point. Also, let us know what kind of cookie it is. If it’s an official Girl Scout cookie, include the box in the pic for 2 points (total).

As an alternative, if you don’t want to go inside or buy a cookie, take a pic of a bakery where you’d buy a delicious cookie for yourself or a friend. This’ll net you a point.

Happy hunting!

Cookie Monster Crash Photoshop by bikecentric, on Flickr

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

On March 6, 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society.

On your ride, find the name of one of the elements that is in the periodic table. (Only the whole name of the element, e.g., Livermorium, not LV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements).

Happy hunting!

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PS – Unlike the picture, we don’t want the word “Element“, we want a specific one listed in the periodic table

Element Name – Aluminum 3/6/21 Clinton, MD

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[Indiana]

@drevil 209271 wrote:

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

March 7 marks the beginning of Girl Scout Week, so lets celebrate the cookie!

Fun fact: Thin Mints are the top-selling cookie, followed in descending sales order by Caramel deLites/Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwiches, and Trefoils/Shortbread. What’s your favorite?

On your ride, take a selfie with a cookie that you bought during the ride (i.e., don’t bring it from home!) for 1 point. Also, let us know what kind of cookie it is. If it’s an official Girl Scout cookie, include the box in the pic for 2 points (total).

As an alternative, if you don’t want to go inside or buy a cookie, take a pic of a bakery where you’d buy a delicious cookie for yourself or a friend. This’ll net you a point.

Happy hunting!

Cookie Monster Crash Photoshop by bikecentric, on Flickr

Hot tip, members of my daughter’s Girl Scout troop are scheduled to sell cookies today outside Saxby’s Coffee, 3500 O St NW, 1-3:00pm. Or if you’re craving cookies but can’t make the same, for another week you can buy from her online at https://www.gsdigitalcookie.com/Cookie/ enter code mkeen2hr and get delivery. Maybe not photo contest point worthy, but you get a brownie point!

[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 209271 wrote:

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

March 7 marks the beginning of Girl Scout Week, so lets celebrate the cookie!

On your ride, take a selfie with a cookie that you bought during the ride (i.e., don’t bring it from home!) for 1 point. Also, let us know what kind of cookie it is. If it’s an official Girl Scout cookie, include the box in the pic for 2 points (total).

Happy hunting!

You may find this Girl-Scout-Cookie-Finder-Near-You tool helpful to get a 2-point selfie, granted that you know your zip code;-)

Cookie [emoji514] on!

https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/all-about-cookies.html#

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[CBGanimal]

3/7/21 – Cookie selfie

No Girl Scout cookies here but I found “Guilty” an American cookie bakery that sold me a snickers bar cookie!

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[rumipumi]

3/7 [emoji514] monster!

Actual girlscout cookies!! Samoas i bought from the local troop that Millie is supporting.

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