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

[LeftyLaura]

1/12/21 – The Bat Hunt

Easy, go to the nature center and read the signs: all forest, no bats.

Go to National Wildlife Federation: ghosttown, no bat houses, displays or anything bat-worthy.

Go to the USPS and ask to buy bat stamps—oh no, a $0.37 first class. Staff was very kind and I have a backup picture of bat stamps in the post office.

Go to LBS:not open.

Give up and go to Total Wine & eureka! Success, and because I didn’t bring the bike in, I had to buy the beer and bring it to the house. Problem: cannot W&OD trail patrol carrying a 6-pack on the rack, just not ladylike. Also, in 2017 my son & I visited Rogue Brewing in Portland, OR. He takes me to all the nice places!

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[CaseyKane50]

1/12/2021 Bat

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Taken at Cafe Amouri in Vienna

[CaseyKane50]

1/12/2021 Bat
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Poster at Cafe Amouri in Vienna

[CBGanimal]

@komorebi 204974 wrote:

1/12/2021 — Bat. Here’s my bike visiting Primetime Baseball LLC, which has crossed bats in its logo.

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My daughter used to practice there every Thursday!

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 204962 wrote:

1/12/21 – Bat

1/12/2021
Bat

I rode to George C. Yeonas Park, Home of the Vienna Little League, to see the statue of a small little league batter and pitcher. Alas, the bat was missing from his hands. There was a stick nearby. Isn’t a stick a “bat” in stick ball? I took the picture, then found a mural. See my post in the PublicArtFinder thread for the small batter.

Vienna (Virginia) Little League Mural

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[CBGanimal]

1/12/21 – Bats

The Spanish Association for the Conservation and Study of Bats (SECEMU) is a non-profit, state-level association that brings together people interested in carrying out studies and developing conservation activities for bats in Spain, promoting in particular their protection. This is part of the University of Alcala.

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[DCAKen]

1/12/2021 — Bat

This was a tougher one, but in DC, there’s an advocacy group for everything. I just couldn’t take my bike in the lobby to get it in the picture

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[Kbikeva]

1/12/2021 – Bat

Like Bikesnick, I went to Yeonas Park. And like him, I found that the little batter was BYOB. Since bringing my own would violate the rules (and who knew anyway – at that point I was 8 miles from home too), I went to the nearby brush and found an appropriate sized bat for him. After the photo, I left the bat for others. I just had no idea the other would be someone playing this game! The sun angle makes it a little difficult to see, but it’s definitely there!

And for extra “screw up” points, somehow I first posted in the main Freezing Saddles thread and have no idea how to delete it. sigh.

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[rumipumi]

1/12 Bat
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[Boomer Cycles]

1/12/21 Bat

Like [mention]bikesnick [/mention] [mention]Kbikeva [/mention] I too went to George C Yeonas Park in Vienna, but saw a bat [emoji1660] from a different angle;-)

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[HokieBeth]

1/12/21 Bats

No bats allowed at West Potomac Park recreation fields

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[DCAKen]

@LeftyLaura 204982 wrote:

1/12/21 – The Bat Hunt

Give up and go to Total Wine & eureka! Success, and because I didn’t bring the bike in, I had to buy the beer and bring it to the house. Problem: cannot W&OD trail patrol carrying a 6-pack on the rack, just not ladylike. Also, in 2017 my son & I visited Rogue Brewing in Portland, OR. He takes me to all the nice places!

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If all else failed, I was going to go to a liquor store for a bottle of Bacardi rum, whose logo is a bat.

[awitt]

1/12/21 Bats
Mmmmmm, the Bat Cave seems to be closed. Bummer because we could use Batman right now.
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[consularrider]

@drevil 204962 wrote:

1/12/21 – Bat

On January 12, 1966, ABC premiered its Batman television series, starring Adam West as the caped crusader and Burt Ward as Robin.

Happy hunting!

From the first softball field in West Potomac Park.

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Also in the “E” in the “Greetings from Del Ray” mural

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[SusanG1693]

1/12/21 “Bat”
Raced against sunset to get this one….
Hayfield Secondary Softball…Go, Hawks!

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