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

[consularrider]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

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

National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day – celebrated on March 13 since 2003 – was created in the hope to defy superstitions by having people doing just that and seeing that nothing bad will happen (hopefully!)

On your ride, find one of these three items/words that are associated with good/bad luck:

1. Black cat – may have started during medieval times when animals with dark feathers or fur signaled death
2. Ladder – walking under a ladder is considered bad luck because you are breaking up the holy Trinity (God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit)
3. Umbrella – may have started in ancient Egypt because opening an umbrella where there is no sun would anger the sun god Ra because it was a defiance of natural order

Happy hunting!

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Painting above by Ryan Conners.

Bike under a “ladder” at the Monoacy Aqueduct on the C&O Canal Towpath.

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[HokieBeth]

3/13 Black cats, ladders

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[Sophie CW]

3/13/21 – Black Cat, Ladder, or Umbrella
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[josh]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

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

I snapped this pic of a photoshoot in Rittenhouse Square. It’s not a traditional umbrella, but it’d protect you from the rain.
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[drevil]

3/14/21 – Scientist (Name or Likeness)

I know it’s Pi day, but we already did pie. Besides, now that it’s ok to like scientists again, let’s join in Celebrate Scientists Day, which happens to be Albert Einstein’s birthday of March 14.

On your ride, find a scientist’s name or likeness out in the wild, and snap a pic of it. It’d also be cool if you could mention at least one scientific contribution they gave to the world.

Happy hunting!

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[Boomer Cycles]

3/13/21 – a ladder 🪜

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line…

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

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

National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day – celebrated on March 13 since 2003 – was created in the hope to defy superstitions by having people doing just that and seeing that nothing bad will happen (hopefully!)

On your ride, find one of these three items/words that are associated with good/bad luck:

1. Black cat – may have started during medieval times when animals with dark feathers or fur signaled death
2. Ladder – walking under a ladder is considered bad luck because you are breaking up the holy Trinity (God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit)
3. Umbrella – may have started in ancient Egypt because opening an umbrella where there is no sun would anger the sun god Ra because it was a defiance of natural order

Happy hunting!

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Painting above by Ryan Conners.

3/13/21 Black Cat, Ladder or Umbrella

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 209673 wrote:

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

The other type of black cat. Hopefully they will reopen!

[cvcalhoun]

3/14/21 – Scientist (Name or Likeness)
I resisted the temptation just to go get breakfast at Einstein Bagels, and went for something that was actually named after Albert Einstein. Einstein, as we all know, came up with the equation E=MC2, which has something to do with time travel (except that it doesn’t).

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[sszibler]

@cvcalhoun 209081 wrote:

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

I deleted. Hope the picture meets the requirements. Finding this on a phone is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Too bad the email links don’t actually go to the posts.

[LhasaCM]

3/14 – Scientist

I went with the obvious choice and the giant Albert Einstein statue outside the National Academy of Science.

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is the backbone for one of my favorite “lesser known” Queen tracks from A Night at the Opera – ’39 (and what sort of time travel it allows).

https://youtu.be/kE8kGMfXaFU

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[tomacsh]

3/14/21–Scientist
United Therapeutics FTW on Celebrate Science Day (headquartered in downtown Silver Spring).
Great list of names on their Biowalk of Fame, but I’ll highlight Dr. Charles Drew; Arlington, VA, native, who discovered how to separate plasma from red blood cells, and from whom I now have 2 degrees of separation thanks to my FS teammate [mention]Catedrew [/mention]who is his great-niece! Thanks to Dr. Drew for his life work and highest regards to his whole family [emoji471]

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[rumipumi]

3/14 scientist

George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. (Wikipedia)

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[CBGanimal]

3/14/21 – Scientist

Santiago Ramon y Cajal is known as the “Father of Modern Neuroscience” they named one of the largest hospitals in Madrid after him!

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[Catedrew]

3/14/21 – scientist. Dr. Stephen Godfrey, Paleontologist from Calvert Cliffs Museum working on a Miocene baleen whale skull found at Westmoreland State Park. The skull is now in the visitor’s center. The scientist is in the photos surrounding the skull.

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