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

[Steve O]

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder or Umbrella
Matchy – Matchy!

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[Nadine]

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[Nadine]

@Mtansill 209693 wrote:

…. black cats are harder to home than other cats – for no good reason. So please remember to give some love to a black cat if you’re given the chance. https://nationaltoday.com/news/black-cats-shelters/

That’s too bad. We have a former feral black cat we got after he came to live in our driveway 3 yrs ago. The shelter that neutered him said he was a year old and that that meant he might not ever trust humans or be a real pet. But he is – he’s wonderful.

This is Gracie (male.) He’s 4 now.

I’ve decided he was sent as a team effort, by my mom, our friend Bonnie, and our dog Pinky, who died 3, 2, & 1 year before Gracie appeared in our driveway, all within a couple of days of each other’s anniversaries. He’s named for Bonnie, who was a friend of ours since college & only 50 when she died. Her last name was Gracer.

I don’t think Gracie can help me with today’s challenge (we’re never supposed to use our own anything in this game, right?) but he’s awesome, so I wanted to share. He’s clearly been great luck for us. Doesn’t even trigger my husband’s cat allergies!

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[LeftyLaura]

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella

So it was about noon before I realized it wasn’t Friday. Thank you, Drevil thought I’d gained a day.

Here is my Black Lives ladder, oops, no my Black Lives Matter ladder. Thanks KBikeVA for the adventure.

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[CaseyKane50]

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder or Umbrella

Ladder found on Mount Vernon Avenue.

[AlanA]

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella

I waited by a ladder for two hours hoping a black cat would cross my path and walk under the ladder. Or, maybe I didn’t. Maybe, I stopped by the GrillMarX across the street at the end of my ride.

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[LisaE]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella

Double ladders in a tree!

I also have a black cat named Pippin. Sweet kitty.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella

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A ladder
https://www.strava.com/activities/4940681795

[camiller]

3/13/2021 Black cat, ladder or umbrella

While on my ride today I did see a few ladders being carried by trucks moving on the secondary roads but, alas, I was not fast enough to take a picture of any of those ladders. Yesterday, on my ride through neighborhoods I did see a number of ladders leaning against houses where work was being done. However, today, we really were not in neighborhoods so no such luck. But, we were at two parks. And, what is sometimes at parks? Why playground equipment. I found the playground equipment and sure enough there was a ladder. I was hoping not to worry the parents while I quickly captured a picture of the ladder on the playground equipment. Nobody chased me down as I left the playground so I guess I wasn’t too worrisome to the parents.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella

A 4 stacked umbrellas water fountain (not on yet) and 4 insideout umbrella lights
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[AlanA]

@DCAKen 209689 wrote:

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella

This is the elegant restaurant up in Friendship Heights. I also stopped by the grittier Black Cat club on 14th Street, but that didn’t have an image of a cat.

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My first thought was to ride to the Black Cat (he did say words were ok), but then I realized I wanted no part of going into DC on a Saturday. I knew a real ladder or a patio umbrella at a restaurant would be an easy find.

[AlanA]

@Varsil 209695 wrote:

Two ladder sighting..[ATTACH=CONFIG]25088[/ATTACH]

And a port-a-potty! It doesn’t get better than that!

[Nadine]

3/13/21 – black cat, ladder, or umbrella

My black cat is definitely cooler than this, but this falls within the rules of the game better. I think.

It’s 2 playground ladders on a climbing structure at glencarlyn park.

I rode trails, late….. I took forever to get out on the bike today because I woke with a headache that took all day to dissipate, despite Advil, Sudafed & naproxen. Because [emoji2358] spring. Getting out isn’t the problem – it’s putting a helmet on a headache. [emoji33]

My cat never gives me headaches – though he is kinda crazy sometimes [emoji16][emoji1744]

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[cvcalhoun]

3/13/21 – black cat, ladder, or umbrella
I decided to go for the trifecta: ladder on the left, (patio) umbrellas on the right, and a package with a picture of a black cat. Not pictured: the much taller ladder the Home Depot employee told me I had to stop dragging around the store.

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[Indiana]

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella
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Multi ladders leaning on tree visible from the trail..
Given the large dog I heard barking after I slammed my breaks to grab the photo, it may indeed have been very bad luck to try to walk under them!

[Author]

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