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

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[bentbike33]

@CBGanimal 210134 wrote:

It appeared out of nowhere!

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Maybe it’s a TARDIS?

[Kbikeva]

3/19/21 – Freezing Saddles 5 letter word (or longer) subanagram

LeftyLaura and I are submitting the same photo today because throughout Freezing Saddles we have ridden together to find two different examples of whatever the quest item was. This time, the same sign shows “GARDEN” and “ISLAND”, which both qualify, but both of us and our bikes are still friends after the 77 days of fun.

Thank you again drevil and JoM for taking this on. It’s been so revealing to me in many ways, not the least of which is how much I need to work on my photography skills!

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[LeftyLaura]

3/19/21 – Freezing Saddles 5 letter word (or longer) subanagram

While KBikeVA & I are submitting the same photo today, I am choosing not to take the easy way out and just copy her words, though I have been known to copy thought out word of others, but I’ll go it alone. This is my second year of the Saddles and I never really embraced the pointless prizes until this year. Having a riding partner has been a tremendous help, most of the time. As we are unique individuals it has been two photos, two parks, two arts while sharing the coffee stop. I couldn’t have done two coffee stops a day for many reasons. The photo shows the “Garden” and the “Island”.

We have become such good biking buddies that I’m patching out to NJ for a rest & a pizza. It was fun to meet folks on the Reston Art rides and online, such an interesting crew.

Thank you to dreverl & JoM for tallying this. (There must be an app for it). Enjoy the FSLNHHP and remember clockwise is the only way it works.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 210103 wrote:

3/19/21 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) subanagram
On your ride tomorrow, the last day of Freezing Saddles , find a 5-letter word (or longer) using only the letters in “Freezing Saddles”, the word or the thing. If the latter, let us know what you found. Snap a pic, and post it here in the thread.

subanagram == “ladders”, the thing
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[rumipumi]

3/19 sub anagram: resaddling

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[LisaE]

@drevil 210103 wrote:

3/19/21 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) subanagram

On your ride tomorrow, the last day of Freezing Saddles , find a 5-letter word (or longer) using only the letters in “Freezing Saddles”, the word or the thing. If the latter, let us know what you found. Snap a pic, and post it here in the thread.

My bike found a comfy place to hide amongst the pine “needles.”

Thank you for the game. This was my first year of FS and this has definitely been a highlight.

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[AlanA]

3/19/21 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) subanagram

A fitting summary of my FS mileage this year:

Down the “DRAIN”!

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[camiller]

3/19/2021 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) sub-anagram

I chose garden. I am going to miss this game. It has been a source of inspiration for my ride everyday during Freezing Saddles. Thanks Ricky and Jo for a wonderful game.

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[mootsfy]

3/19/21 – Freezing Saddles 5 letter word or longer anagram

Danger

[komorebi]

@drevil 210103 wrote:

3/19/21 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) subanagram

3/19/2021 — “Freezing Saddles” subanagram. Here’s my bike at King Street Gardens Park. While I was taking this photo, a bus driver pulled up and we had a lovely chat about biking. He just purchased his first set of clip-in shoes and cleats, and he’s looking forward to trying them out for the second-time ever tomorrow. Thanks for an opportunity to spread bike joy, drevil!

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@drevil 210103 wrote:

So who’s coming out to FSLNHPP? JoM and I will definitely try to make it, so say hi and intro yourself if we’ve never met before. Let’s just stay properly socially distanced

I’m planning to be there, to say hi and thank you!

[DCAKen]

3/19/21 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) subanagram

Bring a proud fed, I gravitated toward “Federal”. There’s certainly no shortage of that around this city!

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[bigredboiler]

3-19-21 Freezing Saddles sub-anagram DESIGNS

Luckily, there are plenty of word choices, even for a ride out in the country. I found several on a little spin around Stuarts Draft, VA. Going with this photo from a barbershop along the country road.

A fun way to end Freezing Saddles 2021!

DrEvil….thanks for making each day something to look forward to this year. Now it’s back to having to decide what photos to take on my own

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[Nadine]

3/19/21 freezing Saddles subanagram

Geese! On the MVT. As always [emoji2358][emoji38]

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[AlanA]

@Nadine 210168 wrote:

3/19/21 freezing Saddles subanagram

Geese! On the MVT. As always [emoji2358][emoji38]

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Sadly. They don’t qualify as ducks!!

[Serdar]

@drevil 210103 wrote:

3/19/21 – “Freezing Saddles” 5-letter word (or longer) subanagram

On your ride tomorrow, the last day of Freezing Saddles , find a 5-letter word (or longer) using only the letters in “Freezing Saddles”, the word or the thing. If the latter, let us know what you found. Snap a pic, and post it here in the thread.

WOOOOHOOOO! Thank you all for playing. Even though there wasn’t a lot of group rides and meetups compared to years past, I still enjoyed suffering virtually with you all on the bike in the cold.

So who’s coming out to FSLNHPP? JoM and I will definitely try to make it, so say hi and intro yourself if we’ve never met before. Let’s just stay properly socially distanced

Happy hunting!

Freezing Saddles 2019 Last Lappers by bikecentric

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Friend is a good word. That is my last name in translation from my native language.

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