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]

1/25/21 – Bubbles & bubble wrap

I went to the Mecca of packing, the epicenter of all things bubbly, the center of commerce in Reston: UPS. While not artistically my best, the grandness of the submission should count for something.

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[Kbikeva]

@AlanA 206291 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Taking the easy way out on this. A salon in Olney.

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Bubbles Salon has many locations, including one here in Reston. It was my first thought — but I couldn’t find any actual bubbles on their storefront or logo and I wasn’t sure if the word would suffice! I guess it’s up in the air (get it? bubbles up in the air?) lol

[Nadine]

1/25 – bubbles!

Anne took me to Lake Accotink on gravel bikes and lookee what we found! OK SHE found. [emoji16]

They’re small so I got a close-up. The white patch is all bubble foam, too.

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[rumipumi]

1/25 bubbles

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[bikesnick]

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Bubbles on the dirty (!) sign for SonicSoft Car Wash (Falls Church, VA)
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[historygeek]

1/25/21 bubbles

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[cvcalhoun]

1/25/21 bubbles
Bubble tea from Poki DC/Gong Cha Bethesda

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[AlanA]

@Kbikeva 206296 wrote:

Bubbles Salon has many locations, including one here in Reston. It was my first thought — but I couldn’t find any actual bubbles on their storefront or logo and I wasn’t sure if the word would suffice! I guess it’s up in the air (get it? bubbles up in the air?) lol

They are owned by the same (bankrupt) parent company as Hair Cuttery. At first, I didn’t think I’d come up with anything, but in the middle of the night, I remembered this salon, which used to be a Hair Cuttery (less than 1/2 mile away). I’m hoping for a lax judge and get credit for something. My brain is already fried, I don’t need to think any more than I have to!

[Rod Smith]

1/25/21 – Bubbles
20210125_163302 by Rod Smith, on Flickr

[Sophie CW]

1/25/21 – Bubbles & Tea on 355 in Rockville and the sealed cup of Taro Milk Tea fit nicely in my bottle cage! Such a cute logo too!
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[Catedrew]

@drevil 206262 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

The 20th anniversary of National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is on 1/25/21:
“Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day was the brainchild of the “Spirit 95” FM radio station in Bloomington, Ind. The first one was held in 2001, and included a Bubble Wrap popping relay, a sculpture contest, and a fashion-design contest.”
(Lifted from CNBC’s article from 2012.)

I figured bubble wrap might be a little hard to find in the wild during a bike ride, so please seek bubbles, capture them in a photo and post here.

Happy hunting!

1/25/2021 – Bubble Wrap in the Wild!

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[tomacsh]

1/26/21–Bubbles
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Kung Fu Bubble Tea! (More of a “coffee person” myself but…)

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[Kbikeva]

@AlanA 206313 wrote:

They are owned by the same (bankrupt) parent company as Hair Cuttery. At first, I didn’t think I’d come up with anything, but in the middle of the night, I remembered this salon, which used to be a Hair Cuttery (less than 1/2 mile away). I’m hoping for a lax judge and get credit for something. My brain is already fried, I don’t need to think any more than I have to!

I didn’t realize they’re bankrupt … they sure had a lot of locations so the covid restrictions must have hit them really hard. Bummer for the employees! That’s a hard enough job as it is!

[smb9600]

1/25/2021 – Bubbles

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[Indiana]

1/26/21–Bubbles

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Bubbles on a green and pink fish in the rain, Met Branch trail

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