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

[historygeek]

1/13/21 Liam Hemsworth anagram.
Marsh

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 205067 wrote:

1/13/21 – “Liam Hemsworth” Anagram Word (5 or more letters, can’t be handwritten or on/in something portable)

It’s Thor’s brother Liam Hemsworth’s birthday on 1/13.

This one’s complicated, but easier than you think. Read below:

1. Find a word using “Liam Hemsworth” as the base for an anagram, then take a picture of the word out there in the wild. It can’t be handwritten OR in/on something portable (book, magazine, energy bar wrapper, etc). Street signs, outdoor ads, or descriptions on plaques are examples of acceptable entries.
2. Don’t know what an anagram is? Basically, jumble all the letters in his name and pull out words using just those letters. For example, one word I can pull out after jumbling the letters is “mail” (it’s just 4 letters, so it doesn’t count in this hunt). Now I just ride around and take a picture of the word “mail” on a sign, a post office, etc. I don’t want the visual representation of that word (like a mailbox or an envelope), I want the actual word to be shown in that photo
3. For this hunt, the word has to be 5 letters or more.
4. The first person to post a picture of the longest word by the end of the day on 1/13 will get 5 extra bonus points. If the post is edited, that will be the time I am considering it posted.
5. Remember, just post 1 pic/day (plus follow all the rest of the rules of the game)

Happy hunting!

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I found a Pet Memorial in Clinton, MD. Wished that I had known about it when my dog died 6 years ago.

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[Kbikeva]

@DCAKen 205142 wrote:

1/13/21 – “Liam Hemsworth” Anagram Word

I was hoping to find “immortals” in a cemetery, but that was a dead end. So I setted for this, although it would have been more fitting [ahem] if it was an Australian shop.

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“a dead end” LOL …

[Catedrew]

@drevil 205067 wrote:

1/13/21 – “Liam Hemsworth” Anagram Word (5 or more letters, can’t be handwritten or on/in something portable)

1/13/21 – Liam Hemsworth anagram ‘isothermal’

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[Kbikeva]

@Catedrew 205156 wrote:

1/13/21 – Liam Hemsworth anagram ‘isothermal’

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Where oh where did you find this?

[AlanA]

@Kbikeva 205160 wrote:

Where oh where did you find this?

Best I could find after a search online was a place in NC. And the bottom portion of the photo is the same picture that they have on their Facebook page.

[cvcalhoun]

1/13/21 – Liam Hemsworth anagram = Tailors
This was a wild 13-mile chase for not much in the way of results. I started with the idea that I would go to Modern Memorials. But then I saw everyone else was doing memorials, and wanted to do something different. So I set out to find mealworms. The Wild Bird Center in Bethesda was showing as having them. I figured maybe there would be a sign on the outside of the store. Even if there wasn’t, surely there would be a sign on the display.

I got there (over a trail so steep it required switchbacks). They had mealworms. But there was no sign on the outside of the store, or even on the display. And the actual packages of mealworms would have violated the rules.

Never mind, I’ve still got Modern Memorials. So I go to the address shown for that. The lobby directory has no sign for them. So I go up to the fifth floor, which is where Google maps said they were. There is no sign on the door. Someone from another business comes out into the hall, and I ask her about it. She tells me they moved out in June.

Okay, next idea, “loteria.” There is a nearby store selling lottery tickets. Surely in inclusive Montgomery County, there will be at least one sign in Spanish, right? Nope. About 100 signs for the lottery, none of them in Spanish.

At this point, I’m taking a picture of the Whole Food store. Whole will (just barely) work. But after such high aspirations, I’m reluctant to settle for just the minimum number of letters.

Then I realize there is a nearby tailor. I take a picture of that sign.

And then I realize that there is a store with tailors, not just tailor, that is just a small detour on my way home. So I give you…

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[AlanA]

1/13/21 – Liam Hemsworth anagram

I was going to use miles, but I found this on the way. “Walters”

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[Catedrew]

@Kbikeva 205160 wrote:

Where oh where did you find this?

In Arlington – it was certainly a very nice surprise!

[cvcalhoun]

@AlanA 205163 wrote:

Best I could find after a search online was a place in NC. And the bottom portion of the photo is the same picture that they have on their Facebook page.

They are a construction company. I suspect they work in a lot of areas. Her ride was in Arlington Heights.

[Sophie CW]

1/13/21 – “Liam Hemsworth” Anagram Word
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Rockville Metro Station is the best I can do.

[reji]

1/13/21 – Liam Hemsworth anagram – HOLMES

Aaaaand, I can’t seem to post a photo. Tried on multiple devices so I’ll post my Strava ride as evidence and try later
https://www.strava.com/activities/4616917825

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[Rod Smith]

1/13/21 – Liam Hemsworth anagram

SMITH

IMG_0534 by Rod Smith, on Flickr

[Serdar]

@drevil 205067 wrote:

1/13/21 – “Liam Hemsworth” Anagram Word (5 or more letters, can’t be handwritten or on/in something portable)

It’s Thor’s brother Liam Hemsworth’s birthday on 1/13.

This one’s complicated, but easier than you think. Read below:

1. Find a word using “Liam Hemsworth” as the base for an anagram, then take a picture of the word out there in the wild. It can’t be handwritten OR in/on something portable (book, magazine, energy bar wrapper, etc). Street signs, outdoor ads, or descriptions on plaques are examples of acceptable entries.
2. Don’t know what an anagram is? Basically, jumble all the letters in his name and pull out words using just those letters. For example, one word I can pull out after jumbling the letters is “mail” (it’s just 4 letters, so it doesn’t count in this hunt). Now I just ride around and take a picture of the word “mail” on a sign, a post office, etc. I don’t want the visual representation of that word (like a mailbox or an envelope), I want the actual word to be shown in that photo
3. For this hunt, the word has to be 5 letters or more.
4. The first person to post a picture of the longest word by the end of the day on 1/13 will get 5 extra bonus points. If the post is edited, that will be the time I am considering it posted.
5. Remember, just post 1 pic/day (plus follow all the rest of the rules of the game)

Happy hunting!

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Veterans’ Memorial Walkway
Wilkes Street, Alexandria, VA
https://strava.app.link/4DBnjTqL1cb

[accordioneur]

I’m very disappointed that no one used “sh*thole” as their Liam Hemsworth anagram. Porta-potties are everywhere waiting to be photographed, and one could even argue that right now any picture taken in the United States qualifies.

[Author]

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