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

[AlanA]

1/27/21 – Tunnel

On Twin Arch Rd. near Mt. Airy, MD. One for the road and one for the Patapsco River. This was built in 1901 by the B&O RR and is currently still in use by CSX trains. Sadly, no train today. But I have seen them in the past.

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[HokieBeth]

1/27 Tunnels

Just a short tunnel under Mt Vernon Ave on Four Mile Run

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[Nadine]

1/27/21 – tunnel

I found an accordioneur style tunnel too – and actually this one is probably closer to his house than the one he posted [emoji38]

This is a water tunnel under the w&od and I -66 just nw of the pedestrian overpass & “Anne’s wormhole,” a dirt path from the w&od into the Madison Manor neighborhood.

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[rumipumi]

1/27 tunnel

College Park Metro

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[smb9600]

1/27/2021 – Tunnel

The tunnel to DCA! (It’s way less creepy in person than it looks here)

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[historygeek]

1/27/21 tunnel

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 206400 wrote:

1/27/21 – Tunnel

I love tunnels! This one is at College Park metro station.
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[tomacsh]

1/27/21–Tunnel
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Takoma Park Metro, accessible entrance for wheels of all kinds (actual train runs above ground ⬆️!)

[Indiana]

1/27/2021 – Tunnel
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I’ll call this a bunny tunnel. At the national arboretum.

[bikesnick]

1/27/21 – Tunnel

Virginia Avenue CSX Railroad Tunnel in Washington, DC.

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[Sophie CW]

1/27/21 – Tunnel I saw off the Rock Creek Trail… for all the animals and trash. Does this count? You didn’t say we had to ride thru a tunnel…
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[Boomer Cycles]

1/27/21 – Tunnel

Found this one on the Fairfax CCCT under Pickett Road, out of which emerged [mention]reji [/mention] !![emoji50]

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[Kbikeva]

@rumipumi 206450 wrote:

1/27 tunnel

College Park Metro

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I love the way the lights and the color of your bike feed off each other!

[Catedrew]

@drevil 206400 wrote:

1/27/21 – Tunnel

On January 27, 1983, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone pressed a switch that set off a blast that completed the pilot tunnel of what was to become the Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest tunnel with an undersea segment.

On your ride, capture a tunnel with your camera and post it here. Please remember to always include the date and the hunted object, and to only post one pic, so pick your best one

1/27/21 – Tunnel

This is Washington Blvd. going under Arlington Blvd (Route 50) in Arlington.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 206400 wrote:

1/27/21 – Tunnel

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Of course, I would ride to the closest and dearest to me Wilkes Tunnel in Old Town, Alexandria. I ride through it almost every day.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4692714515

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