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

[EasyRider]

1/15/21 – Bagel

City Place Cafe, at 17th and L St NW. Great coffee and bagels in the morning and sandwiches, soups and salads at lunch. Give them a try if you’re down there.

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[DCAKen]

1/15/21 – Bagel

After my Saturday morning run with my club, we would always crowd this bagel shop. The fast and efficient staff didn’t even have to ask my order….a poppy seed bagel with a blueberry-mango smoothie

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[Kbikeva]

1/15/21 Bagel

This place is on the “Road Food” list according to my riding partner. Their deli is fantastic! Chutzpah Deli in Fairfax County, near Fair Oaks Mall.

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[accordioneur]

@drevil 205300 wrote:

1/15/21 – Bagel

I certainly wouldn’t call Einstein bagels the “good stuff”, but they were close to where I was headed to pick up groceries. For the record, this Brooklyn boy’s favorite bagel shop in the area is Brooklyn Bagels in Courthouse. Their bagels are good, and the people behind the counter have an impatience that feels authentically New York-like.

The shop next door to Einstein, “Jess Haircuts”, always gives me a smile, since this Jess’ haircut days are long gone.

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[consularrider]

@drevil 205300 wrote:

1/15/21 – Bagel

In honor of National Bagel Day on 1/15, on your ride take a pic of a bagel or a shop that features bagels. Let us know where the good stuff is!

Just not “many” to choose from in Yorkville, ja,ja,ja :rolleyes:

The closest one is Bagel Bob’s on York between 86th and 87th, There are a couple places on 1st Ave, about the same distance, but Bob’s has better bagels and I needed to get some (cinnamon raisin and sesame seed).

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[CaseyKane50]

1/15/2021 Bagels

Waited until Bagel Uprising was closed to avoid any crowds that might spoil the picture.

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[AlanA]

1/15/21 – Bagel

I had no idea what a bagel was until I went to College. And, I have never been in this bagel place, but it was an easy picture near the end of my ride.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 205300 wrote:

1/15/21 – Bagel

1/15/2021
Chesapeake Bagel Bakery (McLean, VA)

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[smb9600]

@smb9600 205280 wrote:

6 more days! (This a Biden sign, I swear! Lesson learned, check your picture before you go home [emoji15])

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Updating with fresh picture. Checked twice! [emoji1787]

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[smb9600]

@drevil 205300 wrote:

1/15/21 – Bagel

St. Elmos Coffee Pub in Del Ray- yum!

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[Mtansill]

1/15/2021: bagel

From our Friday morning College Park meet-up at the Board and Brew.
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[Boomer Cycles]

1/15/21 – Bagel
Same bagel [emoji3058] joint as [mention]accordioneur [/mention] but from a different perspective

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[LeftyLaura]

1/15/21 – the BAGEL

Being a Jersey girl I find Virginia, Maryland and DC, bagels lacking some thing. But, this place has a good name and back in the olden, olden, olden days, good bagels now just a clever name. Store is closed, [ATTACH=CONFIG]22782[/ATTACH]pick up only, no prices on the menu, not a recommendation, but I’m particular.

[Shawnbeast]

Bagel [emoji3058] time!
Here’s the Einstein Brothers bagels in Springfield, VA. No bagels for me today, maybe next time!

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[rumipumi]

1/15 Bagel

Board & Brew Southwestern Bagel Sandwich
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