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

[rcannon100]

1/1/2021 – 2021

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Explanation: i mean… i really have none.

I did go by W&L high school to take a picture of their class of 2021 mural. It has not been updated since 2017. Have we really been under house arrest for that long????

[accordioneur]

1/1/2021 – 2021

I figured house numbers would be the safest bet, since they’re more permanent than any “2021” year signs. Not every street has a house with a 2021 address, but I found one just across I66 from home.
And just so you know it was really a bike ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/4548813557

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[josh]

@drevil 203493 wrote:

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

2021 Locust St — hoping there’s no plague of locusts coming
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[historygeek]

@drevil 203493 wrote:

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

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[reji]

I started my ride with no real plan other than to just look for 2021. Even after taking careful note of house numbers, which never panned out for me, I finally found one on the NVCC campus.
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[komorebi]

@drevil 203493 wrote:

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

1/1/2021 — at 2021 Key Boulevard in Arlington. Conveniently close to Bayou Bakery, for my first Quaxapalooza point!

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[DCAKen]

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

A picture is worth a thousand words, but this one is good for only 75 points.

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[jen_stoly]

@drevil 203493 wrote:

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

1/1/21 picture of 2021
Stopped inside Union Station to get a pic of the arrivals sign.

Bonus of the Norwegian Christmas tree.

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[Mtansill]

@Olive 203502 wrote:

1:20 AM. ?!?!?

Millie?

Welcome to Freezing Saddles! I’ve managed to ride every day during freezing saddles the past six years. Part of my strategy is riding at some weird hours in order to avoid predicted weather in order to minimize bicycle maintenance.

[huberww]

1/1/2021 – 2021

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Across from the new Wegman’s @ Tyson’s.

There may be a good reason why I did not see a single cyclist on my cold, rainy ride …

[Rod Smith]

1/1/2021 “2021”
2021 H St NW – foggy lens in Foggy Bottom
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[CBGanimal]

@reji 203509 wrote:

I started my ride with no real plan other than to just look for 2021. Even after taking careful note of house numbers, which never panned out for me, I finally found one on the NVCC campus.
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And my casa in the background!!!

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[CBGanimal]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]21931[/ATTACH] @drevil 203493 wrote:

1/1/21 – During your ride, take a pic of the number “2021” on 1/1 and post in this thread before the end of that day. Caveat: can’t be handwritten. Happy hunting!

All the way from the other side of the world on Jan 1st 2021…and as I was getting my grand fondo for the month…I ran into a “Nave” on the north end of town with the loading dock numbers of 2021! And the Strava link: https://strava.app.link/ZRU8LvexHcb

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[cvcalhoun]

1/1/2021 “2021”
Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda. You wouldn’t believe how many tries it took to get the year to show up as something other than a big blob of light!
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[drevil]

1/2/21 – find a palindrome on your ride. If you use a number, it should have at least 5 digits. Post it in this thread on 1/2/21. Happy hunting!

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