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

[bigredboiler]

1/8/21 – Bells!

So many bells of all sorts on today’s rides. Fun stuff.
More than a dozen in Strava, and for this post I’m going w/my double bell sighting…..doorbell + jingle bells together

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 204396 wrote:

1/8/21 – Bell (but not on a bike) OR an Elvis

January 8 is Elvis Presley’s birthday. What were at the bottom of his jumpsuits? Bells! Post a pic of a bell that isn’t on a bike OR an Elvis you spot on your ride (just 1 pic please). Happy hunting!

Josh – the only acceptable answer from you (and only you) is the Liberty Bell since you left us to go to Philly

Bell – 1/8/2021

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[cvcalhoun]

1/9/21 – Balloon.
A lot of balloons, actually. From Party Mania in Bethesda.

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[CBGanimal]

1/9/21 – Balloon

Blew up my own balloons and rode around getting in some snowy miles!

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[rumipumi]

1/9/21 balloon

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[NoVaNoobGA]

@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!

On January 9, 1793: “Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America, on January 9, 1793, when he ascended from the Washington Prison Yard in Philadelphia and landed in Gloucester county, New Jersey. This flight, observed by President George Washington, spurred interest in ballooning in the United States.”

1/9/21 Balloons
I was lucky enough to get to ride with the Bike Burke Group this morning including several Saddle Freezers. This is me taking a picture (with my bike in it) of Cathy Miller taking a picture (with her bike in it) of a balloon on a Remax real estate sign.
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[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!

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[DCAKen]

1/9/21 – Balloon

I hope balloon with a rigid structure counts

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!

1/9/2021
Taylor’s Tavern; Professor Lowe’s Balloons (Falls Church, VA)
The first aerial reconnaissance in American military history took place here, with a balloon filled with gas from Washington Gas Company.
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[LisaE]

1/9/21 – Balloons

Lots of balloons found at Mr. Brown’s Park in Falls Church.

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@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!

[historygeek]

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[CaseyKane50]

1/9/2021 Balloons

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[Serdar]

@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!

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1/9/21 – Balloon

I found these balloons for the Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt in front of The Old Town Shop at 105 S Union Street, Alexandria, VA
https://www.strava.com/activities/4593095083

[Mtansill]

@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!

I was chatting with some friends as we rode down Route 1 in Maryland this morning, hoping that we might pass a mural with a balloon somewhere along the way to Alexandria, VA. Suddenly, right there in Hyattsville, I remembered that there is an awesome mural of kids playing with water balloons. It’s a pity that the mural is not visible unless you enter a tiny parking lot and walk into the alley between two buildings. It truly is a hidden gem.

Here is the story behind this mural: New Hyattsville Mural Counters Negative Images of Young Black Men https://www.hyattsvillewire.com/2020/09/15/hyattsville-mural-water-balloon-dance/

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[smb9600]

@drevil 204580 wrote:

1/9/21 – Balloon. Happy hunting!/QUOTE]

Pink balloons (of course!) [emoji4]

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