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

[accordioneur]

@drevil 206341 wrote:

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

Here’s a photo of Greenway Boulevard in Falls Church. At this intersection there’s a store with a sign advertising “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s”. In the show Modern Family, one of the characters owned a custom closet business. His biggest competitor was called “Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets”. Whenever they mentioned “Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets” on the show, it would make me think of “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s”. The “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s” sign also bugs me because of the stray apostrophe in the final “Parrot’s”.

If the rules allowed, I would post a picture of the “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s” sign. You can see it in the photo below, but from a very oblique angle so you can’t read it.

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[Kbikeva]

@accordioneur 206366 wrote:

Here’s a photo of Greenway Boulevard in Falls Church. At this intersection there’s a store with a sign advertising “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s”. In the show Modern Family, one of the characters owned a custom closet business. His biggest competitor was called “Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets”. Whenever they mentioned “Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets” on the show, it would make me think of “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s”. The “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s” sign also bugs me because of the stray apostrophe in the final “Parrot’s”.

If the rules allowed, I would post a picture of the “Parrots, Parrots, Parrots, just Parrot’s” sign. You can see it in the photo below, but from a very oblique angle so you can’t read it.

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I love that about the parrots. Perhaps the original owner of the store’s last name was Parrot and it was an inside joke? Or maybe the sign company messed up and offered them 50% off to just go with it? I can continue with silly scenarios but I’ll stop.

[Kbikeva]

@LeftyLaura 206363 wrote:

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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That was totally your ride partner’s fault. I can explain what happened later. In the meantime … please forgive me.

[LisaE]

@drevil 206341 wrote:

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

1/26/21 — Anagram = “Greenway”

I could have gotten away with riding less than a mile roundtrip for this one. But I decided to ride 13 miles anyway.

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[rumipumi]

1/26 wayne gretzky anagram = greenway

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[AlanA]

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

Thanks to the “great” one! The Harris Teeter across the street. I noticed this while walking to get some groceries, so I had to get back out on the bike for a picture.

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[Nadine]

1/26/21 – Wayne Gretzky Subanagram

Greek!

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 206341 wrote:

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

Anagram == GREEK

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[DCAKen]

1/26/21 – Arrange Gawky Met Zany (Wayne Gretzky anagram)

Regent – a nearby Thai restaurant that is one of my favorites

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[cvcalhoun]

1/26 – Wayne Gretzky anagram
I knew that in my neighborhood, the likelihood of finding a “Make America GREAT again” sign was vanishingly small. (And I don’t know that I would have wanted to submit it if there were.) But I figured with all the houses for sale in my neighborhood, there had to be one that had a sign saying “AGENT,” right? Wrong. I took a tour of many local listings (reminding myself yet again that it’s good that I bought when I did, as they are all way too expensive now). All the signs just had the name and telephone number of the agent, but not the word.

But I was biking up GRANT Street, looking for yet another house with a For Sale sign, when it suddenly occurred to me…

[reji]

1/26 Wayne Gretzky subanagram

I have several ideas in mind when I headed out for my ride. But the late afternoon temps afforded a lovely ride and I got caught up enjoying the scenery instead of searching for today’s photo. But I did remember to get something …. WATER. Wasn’t hard to find – literally or in writing.
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[Serdar]

@drevil 206341 wrote:

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

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Good Stuff Eatery on Crystal Drive, Arlington
https://www.strava.com/activities/4686893333

[Mtansill]

@drevil 206341 wrote:

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

Greenway! As many know, the Greenway (http://www.greenway.org) travels through our area – including Lake Artemesia and the Northeast Branch Anacostia Tributary Trail. So it was my pleasure today to take a rambling ride on our local trails and capture just one of the greenway signs.
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[tomacsh]

1/26/21–Wayne Gretzky sub-anagram
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I couldn’t find a greenway, but I did find a green roof at my daughter’s school.

[Indiana]

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

Eatery!
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