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

[AlanA]

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

I wasn’t doing enough miles to justify eating a cookie, so I went with the alternative. The point is, a point is a point.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 209271 wrote:

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

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!

So, as some might know, I hosted my friend’s Girl Scout troop on Friday to sell cookies. It was a very good spot, because they sold a LOT of cookies that day. I bought a few boxes myself, but was also gifted some damaged boxes as a thank you. So I had about ten boxes this morning when I found out that I would get an extra point… for buying… another box of Girl Scout cookies! Okay. Twist my arm. Lol. Here I am with my friend enjoying the Dosidos peanut butter sandwich cookie that I just bought from her (not at my house! haha!) this morning.

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[bigredboiler]

3/7/21 – Cookie

Lucky for me, they were out of Samoas (my wife’s favorite), so I got a box of Do-si-dos (not my wife’s favorite). Unfortunately, that’s all I could fit in my jersey pocket.
In hindsight, I could have bought more and just eaten right there (since they aren’t lasting too long at home

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[LisaE]

@drevil 209271 wrote:

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

Although the website said that Girl Scouts would be selling cookies today not far from home, they were nowhere to be found. Instead I swung by the nearby Northside Social where (in the before times) my husband and I might have stopped for coffee and cookies.

Interesting story: I grew up outside Oklahoma City and my grandparents lived outside Dallas which meant lots of road trips down I35. Roughly halfway between the two in Marietta, OK, was The Cookie Shop, a bakery outlet that sold “fresh broke cookies” from local factories. One of those factories was an official baker of Girl Scout cookies for many years. We often stopped by the store — advertised on multiple billboards next to the interstate for miles in either direction and a common tourist attraction — to pick up a bag of tasty, fresh (baked that day or the day before) cookies that just happened to be “broke” and priced at a dollar per bag. Unfortunately Keebler closed the shop in 2000 after it had thrilled kids and adults alike for 46 years.

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[Steve O]

3/7/21 – Cookie selfie

Vigilante Coffee Roasters also sells cookies.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 209271 wrote:

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie – My friend had a box of GS cookies that she shared with me. YAY! My favorite – Do-si-dos – Yum!

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[Laurie E.]

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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! 3/7/21 Cookie Selfie “Keebler’s Fudge Stripes”

Cookie Monster Crash Photoshop by bikecentric, on Flickr

3/7/21 Cookie Selfie “Keebler’s Fudge Stripes”

[LeftyLaura]

You got it!

[accordioneur]

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie

My first stop this morning was at the Westover Farmers Market. Lots of delicious-looking baked goods there, but no cookies. Likewise, the Girl Scouts didn’t have their table set up outside Westover Market (well, it was 9 AM on a Sunday). So, I rode down to Best Buns, an excellent bakery and erstwhile home of HDCC. Unfortunately, cookies are an infrequent indulgence for me and I’m back on the wagon after indulging all week in my wife’s home-baked hamentaschen (a traditional cookie baked for the Jewish holiday of Purim), so I didn’t go in and order anything.

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[Nadine]

3/7/21 – girl scout cookies

Anne rode with me to McLean on the promise of girl scout cookies, but they weren’t there. (I wonder if I went to the same place LisaE went to….) Anne & I were making up stories on the way back about how Drevil mighta caused a run on girl scout cookies with this contest….. Or maybe Boomer had bought them all…. [emoji38]

So I went to the Pet Smart in the Willston shopping center near my house. Anne went home with her 10 miles – it’s not a nice ride to the Pet Smart. Except it was fine today actually.

These 2 cute little girls with huge masks on were there with a mom selling girl scout cookies. They’d run outta thin mints of course, so I bought my husband his backup shortbread cookies, and then I impulse bought Anne a box. She’d declined my offer to get her cookies when we’d parted, so I didn’t know what kind she liked…. So I asked McKinley and Gwen, the cute girl scouts, what their favorites were. One of them had to think about it, but I think it was McKinley who picked the tagalogs. So I bought Anne a box of those.

I kinda forgot it was a selfie I was supposed to take – but I did think to ask the girls if I could take their picture with the cookies for my bike photo contest, so they posed for me. I bet they’re even smiling under those masks.

They’re way cuter than I am anyhow [emoji16]

The black thing in the corner is a bar mitt – I got my bike in the pic – but that’s all you can see of it after the zoom-in.

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[Sophie CW]

3/7/21 – Cookie Selfie
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Too late to catch the girls scouts but I got my cookie at a local bakery.

[drevil]

3/8/21 – Notable Woman (with her achievement)

On your ride on International Womens Day – which has been celebrated for over a century – snap a pic of the name or likeness of a notable woman. Just as important, mention at least one of her social, economic, cultural or political achievements (which can be as brief or as detailed as you like).

Happy hunting!

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“Women Repairing Bicycle”

[sszibler]

3/7/21 – a pic of a bakery where you’d buy a delicious cookie

North Capitol near Florida Ave.

[CBGanimal]

3/8/21 – notable women

Clara Campoamor Rodriguez: born in 1888 was the lead advocate on woman’s rights during the creation of the Spanish constitution in 1931

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[consularrider]

@drevil 209337 wrote:

3/8/21 – Notable Woman (with her achievement)

On your ride on International Womens Day – which has been celebrated for over a century – snap a pic of the name or likeness of a notable woman. Just as important, mention at least one of her social, economic, cultural or political achievements (which can be as brief or as detailed as you like).

Happy hunting!

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“Women Repairing Bicycle”

Happy International Women’s Day!

Maggie L. Walker.

Maggie Lena Walker was an African-American businesswoman and teacher. Walker was the first African-American woman to charter a bank and serve as its president in the United States. As a leader, Walker achieved successes with the vision to make tangible improvements in the way of life for African Americans. Born in Richmond.

When I rode by her house a black pickup had just failed to make the turn and took out the good sign in front. plus three police cars blocking the view. Hope you don’t mind two photos on this occasion.

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