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

[josh]

@drevil 209463 wrote:

3/10/21 – Cell Phone Store OR Wired Phone OR Pay Phone (read details for breakdown)

A local convenience store has two pay phones out front. However, I’m honestly not sure how convenient a pay phone is these days.
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It’s wired and has a coin slot visible (near the top right), so this is a three pointer.

[Kbikeva]

Re: Payphones

I would love to know where in NoVa/MoCo/PGCo/DC people found actual pay phones — just for perspective. They are definitely difficult to find. If you found one (and are in the local jurisdiction), would you mind saying where? I know Serdar and I did Gravelly Point (total props to him)

[DCAKen]

@Kbikeva 209505 wrote:

Re: Payphones

I would love to know where in NoVa/MoCo/PGCo/DC people found actual pay phones — just for perspective. They are definitely difficult to find. If you found one (and are in the local jurisdiction), would you mind saying where? I know Serdar and I did Gravelly Point (total props to him)

I found two in Mt Pleasant, just a block apart after nothing for a few miles of cruising around Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, and 14th Street

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[Steve O]

@komorebi 209499 wrote:

3/10/21 — a cell phone store was the best I could muster, alas:

If only you had known. The two I found were next to the Wafle House, which would have not been far out of your way atall.

[Nadine]

3/10/21 pay phone!

On the way to Fort Hunt. I was dressed colorfully today so my ride buddy took a pic of me in front of this payphone on the MVT

Unfortunately Josh reminded me I’m supposed to have taken the pic myself. I could totally have taken a selfie, but I forgot that rule. So since it’s not necessary for me to appear in this pic, I’m swapping it out for a pic of the bike & phone. I was careful to make sure the coin slot was visible so it’d be a 3 pointer….. Good thing a coupla people have quoted my original post, so the colorful pic will live on in their reposts. [emoji2358][emoji1744]

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[Steve O]

@Nadine 209513 wrote:

. I was dressed colorfully today ….

“I was dressed drably today,” said Nadine. Never.

[cvcalhoun]

@Kbikeva 209505 wrote:

Re: Payphones

I would love to know where in NoVa/MoCo/PGCo/DC people found actual pay phones — just for perspective. They are definitely difficult to find. If you found one (and are in the local jurisdiction), would you mind saying where? I know Serdar and I did Gravelly Point (total props to him)

Mine was at Cabin John Ice Rink. I was also able to confirm that there is a (nonworking) one at the Dragon City Chinese takeout in Silver Spring. And in a Reddit thread, someone said there was one just inside the door at Mazza Gallerie. However, I wasn’t able to reach Mazza Gallerie (they don’t answer their phone), so I couldn’t verify that.

[Kbikeva]

@Nadine 209513 wrote:

3/10/21 pay phone!

On the way to Fort Hunt. I was dressed colorfully today so my ride buddy took a pic of me in front of this payphone on the MVT

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Fascinating — where on the MVT? (I confess I’m spending way too much time thinking about why the remaining pay phones are in the locations they are …)

[bigredboiler]

@Kbikeva 209505 wrote:

Re: Payphones

I would love to know where in NoVa/MoCo/PGCo/DC people found actual pay phones — just for perspective. They are definitely difficult to find. If you found one (and are in the local jurisdiction), would you mind saying where? I know Serdar and I did Gravelly Point (total props to him)

Definitely hard to find.
I found one next to La Union restaurant on Wilson Blvd in Arlington (pictured here in forum).
Also found one at Westover Market (Wash Blvd in Arlington).

[drevil]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

On March 11, 1950, Bobby McFerrin – famous for the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – was born. Fun fact, this song was the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

So I was originally going to ask you to find a happy face, but that seems meh. To up it a notch and hopefully make it more fun, on your ride, find a face using pareidolia:
The tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern

A few rules:

1. Describe what you are seeing
2. Don’t use an actual face
3. It has to be outside
4. It can’t be of or on a phone

Happy hunting!

Examples:
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Here are some examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1xMB50kFsU

[bikedavid]

@drevil 209463 wrote:

3/10/21 – Cell Phone Store OR Wired Phone OR Pay Phone (read details for breakdown)

Couldn’t find a payphone so a cell phone store will have to do!

[Shawnbeast]

@drevil 209463 wrote:

3/10/21 – Cell Phone Store OR Wired Phone OR Pay Phone (read details for breakdown)

It’s hard to tell, but I’m pointing to a T-mobile store in my neighborhood here. #flyby

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 209463 wrote:

3/10/21 – Cell Phone Store OR Wired Phone OR Pay Phone (read details for breakdown)

3/10/21 – Well, I HAD to find a pay phone. And as others have noted, they are very hard to find! I saw a Verizon pay phone ‘booth’ at a gas station, but when I got there, I discovered that the phone had been removed, leaving it’s imprint on the booth wall. I finally found one at the Liberty Gas Station on Glebe Road in Arlington, just north of Route 50. I can’t guarantee that it works, but you can see the coin slot!

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 209463 wrote:

3/10/21 – Cell Phone Store OR Wired Phone OR Pay Phone (read details for breakdown)

On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful phone call, which was to his assistant Thomas Watson, who was in the next room. According to his notebook entry, Bell recounts his utterance of the famous words:
“Mr. Watson – Come here – I want to see you“— as well as his reaction when his assistant arrived: “To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said.”

On your ride find one of the three below:

1. For 1 point – find a cell phone store, or
2. For 2 points – take a picture of a wired phone (caveat, it can’t be your own phone or at your own home), or
3. For 3 points – take a picture of a wired pay phone. It must have a coin or credit card slot clearly visible.

Happy hunting!

Phone Photoshop by bikecentric, on Flickr

Verizon Cell Phone Store, Clinton, MD 3/10/21

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[Nadine]

@Kbikeva 209516 wrote:

Fascinating — where on the MVT? (I confess I’m spending way too much time thinking about why the remaining pay phones are in the locations they are …)

On the mvt just past Alexandria Avenue, out on the way to fort hunt. There’s also one a bit further south in a parking lot in between fort hunt & mt Vernon just off the trail.

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