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

[bikedavid]

1/16/21 – Brewing

Something’s brewing at Right Proper Brewing!

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[rumipumi]

1/16 Brewing

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[historygeek]

1/16 Brewing, Mead, distillery, or winery. I also snagged a pic of Rumi’s Meadworks jersey, but it’s not on a sign.

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[CaseyKane50]

1/16/2001 Brewing

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Port City Brewing on Wheeler Avenue. There is a Bikeshare station just a few feet from the entrance

In hopes of getting a coveted like from SteveO, I added my bike and smiling visage underneath the already classic FS gaiter.

[LeslyJ]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

On 1/16/1919, the 18th amendment (aka Prohibition) was ratified. Let’s stick it to the man and flex on how easy it is to get into the “spirit” of things now by posting one pic from your ride. Optionally, you can also let us know if there is anything in particular you like in/from/about this place.

Please be responsible on this quest! 😮

Happy hunting!

1/16/21 – The closest brewery was inside the red zone, so I opted for the 2nd closest.

[CBGanimal]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

On 1/16/1919, the 18th amendment (aka Prohibition) was ratified. Let’s stick it to the man and flex on how easy it is to get into the “spirit” of things now by posting one pic from your ride. Optionally, you can also let us know if there is anything in particular you like in/from/about this place.

Please be responsible on this quest! 😮

Happy hunting!

If you use google translate winery is lagar and in all of Madrid I only found it in the name of one restaurant.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

Here is a lovely brewery in Hyattsville, MD – easily accessible by bicycle and started by two graduates of Gallaudet University – Streetcar 82 Brewing.
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[LisaE]

1/16/21 — Settle Down Easy Brewing Co. in Falls Church

If you are eating at the nearby El Tio Mexican Restaurant, you can order your tasty beverage of choice from the Brewing Co.

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@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

[komorebi]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

1/16/2021 — brewing. My bike at New District Brewing Co. in Arlington. One thing I hadn’t noticed on previous visits: there’s a dog hitch outside for four-legged friends. In my photo, the sign for the dog hitch is partially hidden behind the white trailer, so it appropriately reads “DOG HI.”

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[Kbikeva]

1/16/2021 Brewing

I was leading a ride of the “New Deal” sites but always keeping in mind that I needed to get a daily photograph photo. Suddenly, I veered from the course (not the first time today, but I keep telling them to “trust me”) and ran the gauntlet of the dog park crowd (oh my goodness, way too many dogs there!) and snapped this. I didn’t stop for a beer, but waited until we returned to Reston and patronized our local bike shop/brewery…but Lefty Laura will post that photo.

What I like about New District — it’s conveniently located between the Holmes Run and W&OD Trails. Very easy to get to by bike, big warehouse size space so you can social distance. The last time I was there (pre-Covid), their beer was excellent although I can’t remember what I had.

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[Kbikeva]

@Steve O 205420 wrote:

So I know that dr. evil adjusted the rules so that one does not have to include their bike in their photo. Fine. His prize; he makes the rules.
However, you also earn a point for every that you get. So, just for the record, if you don’t include your bike in a photo that you easily could have, I won’t like it and you’ll forgo that potential point.
Cheers,
Steve O
(note above photo includes both bike and smiling selfie, excellent example of one that deserves a )
(P.S. for clarification: just because you do include your bike doesn’t mean I will automatically like it, but if you do not, I definitely won’t)

So…for all of us who are just glad to be on a bike and finding the thing that Drevil has asked us to find, if you don’t include your bike, I will counter balance Steve O and like your photo. Why? Because life has too many rules already and I just want to be contrary about this one. if Drevil doesn’t require it . . .

[smb9600]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

Love me some Port City!

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[EasyRider]

@Kbikeva 205454 wrote:

1/16/2021 Brewing

I was leading a ride of the “New Deal” sites but always keeping in mind that I needed to get a daily photograph photo. Suddenly, I veered from the course (not the first time today, but I keep telling them to “trust me”) and ran the gauntlet of the dog park crowd (oh my goodness, way too many dogs there!) and snapped this. I didn’t stop for a beer, but waited until we returned to Reston and patronized our local bike shop/brewery…but Lefty Laura will post that photo.

What I like about New District — it’s conveniently located between the Holmes Run and W&OD Trails. Very easy to get to by bike, big warehouse size space so you can social distance. The last time I was there (pre-Covid), their beer was excellent although I can’t remember what I had.

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1/16/21 – Prohibition/brewing

Stopped by New District to get a bottle of their 5 year anniversary brew and a howler of their red ale.

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[consularrider]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

On 1/16/1919, the 18th amendment (aka Prohibition) was ratified. Let’s stick it to the man and flex on how easy it is to get into the “spirit” of things now by posting one pic from your ride. Optionally, you can also let us know if there is anything in particular you like in/from/about this place.

Please be responsible on this quest! 😮

Happy hunting!

As much as I hate to quote anything attributed to Ayn Rand, “If something is worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.” One ride, nine breweries, one beer (Star Eater Stout at ICONYC Brewing in Long Island City, Queens). This was basically my Sunday 3 Boros route, so I wasn’t making any extra effort (other than riding it on a Saturday) to ride by the breweries. There were a few others I could have included and being a Saturday they were open at noon.

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[LeftyLaura]

1/16 Brewing

After new dealing with kbikeva, back to the hood for a beverage in a tent with fire. Belgium Blond and Hellwig were on tap and were a fitting end to our ride outside on FxCo. Whether coffee or beer, good place, good company, nice LBS.

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