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

[camiller]

1/25/2021 Bubbles

When I learned that the daily photo was bubbles, I immediately thought about Bark ‘N Bubbles. This is where we take our dog to get his nails cut and for us to give him a bath. It is a lot easier on us and him to use this wonderful small business. Besides the name, note the bubbles on the window blinds.

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[Kbikeva]

@camiller 206335 wrote:

1/25/2021 Bubbles

When I learned that the daily photo was bubbles, I immediately thought about Bark ‘N Bubbles. This is where we take our dog to get his nails cut and for us to give him a bath. It is a lot easier on us and him to use this wonderful small business. Besides the name, note the bubbles on the window blinds.

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I saw those blinds in your Strava photo — such a cute way to screen the windows and reflect the name of the place – not to mention telling people how to find it. “Yeah, when you see bubbles, stop!”

[Serdar]

@drevil 206262 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

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Bubbles in Holmes Run.

[bigredboiler]

@Sophie CW 206318 wrote:

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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Awesome! Good to see you out & photographing!

[drevil]

1/26/21 – “Wayne Gretzky” Subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

To celebrate hockey legend Wayne Gretzky’s birthday on January 26, find a word (i.e., not the thing) on a sign using just the letters in his name. The word has to be 5 letters or more.

If you aren’t already familiar with anagrams, that’s when you mix up the letters within a word or phrase to come up with different words, and just as important, don’t use any extra letters that are not in the original word or phrase. A subanagram is when you don’t use every single letter that is in the original word or phrase.

Sorry, no bonus points for longest word for this hunt, so no need to rush out there in the snow/slush/rain. Just make sure to post it before the end of the day.

Happy hunting!

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[JoM]

@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!

Bubbles Salon counts in my book!

[CBGanimal]

1/26/21 -Wayne Gretzky

I had to take my bike in the Mall but I got my pic! Eterna = Eternal in Spanish…I’ve been here to get my nails done

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[josh]

@drevil 206341 wrote:

1/26/21 – “Wayne Gretzky” Subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

Real Food Eatery
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[Steve O]

So I went out in the sleet last night to capture this photo, but then failed to post it because I got distracted by food and other things.
No points, but cute little bubbles.

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[CaseyKane50]

1/26/21 -Wayne Gretzky

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Greenway

East Coast Greenway along the Mount Vernon Trail at the intersection of Pendleton Street, Alexandria.

[LeftyLaura]

1/26/21 -Wayne Gretzky

my two line word is GANT EYE. Extra credit is EYEWEAR

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[Kbikeva]

1/26/21 – Wayne Gretzky subanagram

Fittingly for Wayne, I found “GREAT”

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[Kbikeva]

1/26/21 Wayne Gretzky subanagram

Fittingly for him, I found “GREAT” in a street name

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[LeftyLaura]

1/26/21 -Wayne Gretzky

Did my terrible, no good, bad weather mega-sleaze ride to discover an incorrect word was discovered, so back on the bike. Hopefully two greens are better than one.

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[historygeek]

1/26/21 Wayne Gretzky

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