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

[SusanG1693]

1/27/21. “Tunnel”
One lane road tunnel under train tracks on Newington Road in Lorton. Excellent games of chicken here on many occasions, both on bikes and in cars.

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[LeftyLaura]

1/27 – tunnel

The dark, intimate, tunnel that brings folks from North Shore Drive to Browns Chapel park. Magic in Reston.

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[camiller]

1/27/2021 Tunnels

I tunneled my way through Fairfax City using tunnels that went under University Drive, Old Lee Highway and Pickett Road.

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[mootsfy]

1/27/21 Tunnel

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[drevil]

1/28/21 – Rum

On January 28, 1671, Welsh Captain Henry Morgan captures Panama City, Panama from Spanish defenders.

On your ride, capture rum on digital film and post it here. Examples: the liquor or within a sign (e.g., “Drum Store”).

Happy hunting!

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[Nadine]

@mootsfy 206475 wrote:

1/27/21 Tunnel

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Where’s this tunnel?

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[josh]

@drevil 206478 wrote:

1/28/21 – Rum

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Cuba Libre Rum Bar • Restaurant

[historygeek]

@Kbikeva 206436 wrote:

1/27/21 Tunnel

In Reston we have numerous underpasses or tunnels, part of the original founder’s vision to connect neighborhoods via pathways rather than roads. Some are decorated (public art) and others are lesser used these days, especially with the kids out of school. This one is close to my house and needs some art love. In the meantime, it’s a good set for a scary home made movie if kids do that anymore!

It’s also a good #FSWormhole

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Greenbelt (built by the federal government during the New Deal era) also has pedestrian tunnels to separate foot traffic from automotive traffic. Such a great idea!

[Kbikeva]

@historygeek 206485 wrote:

Greenbelt (built by the federal government during the New Deal era) also has pedestrian tunnels to separate foot traffic from automotive traffic. Such a great idea!

While Reston wasn’t built until the 1960’s, in Virginia at the time there were still many legal restrictions aimed at preventing the mixing of blacks and whites. Robert Simon rejected that idea, as well as stratifications based on income, and specifically set out to build a truly integrated community. The mixture of housing styles, incomes, and backgrounds made it a challenging sale except to those who had the vision and desire to see a community develop that was based just on who wanted to live, work, and play there – not on different barriers that would keep them from doing so. Simon sold his interest in Carnegie Hall to start the project and planned 7 village centers connected by paved paths to the communities around them. He prized public art and walkable/bikeable congenial living. Reston is young enough that people who grew up here (and have remained) still ferociously protect the original vision – sometime to the detriment of necessary progress. Interestingly, Reston has never had the wherewithal politically to incorporate as its own town, but instead remains a part of Fairfax County’s larger jurisdiction. So our roads are controlled by VDOT, our sidewalks and some infrastructure is controlled by FCDOT, and our internal paths and underpasses are controlled by Reston Association. It’s a strange way to get things done but anything more efficient might destroy that unique character. One of the favorite stories people tell here is that nowhere else in Fairfax County did the community ASK for a homeless shelter to be located in its midst. Sure enough, we have Embry Rucker shelter right next to the Fairfax County Reston Regional Library. We could probably do all of our “finds” for this game and others within Reston (certainly with public art we could)! It’s a lovely place to live. I’m leading a public art ride on Feb 13 that will show off Reston to its best, would love to see you join us! (No time yet – waiting on weather prognostications).

[CaseyKane50]

1/28/2021 – Rum

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Forum One located on Mount Vernon Avenue in Alexandria.

[CBGanimal]

1/28/21 – Rum

The Spanish word for the drunk Rum is Ron…but that too was hard to find…so I went 20 miles to find Calle RUMania

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[rumipumi]

1/28 (d)rum(s)

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[historygeek]

1/28/21 Rum
RUMi and dRUMs

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[komorebi]

@drevil 206478 wrote:

1/28/21 – Rum

1/28/2021 — rum. There’s a sculpture in front of the 800 Carlyle Apartments that addresses Alexandria’s history as a trading port. One of the signs lists some of the commodities traded in the city, including coffee, rum, and molasses. The sign also notes that enslaved Africans and African Americans, as well as indentured Irish, were transported through Alexandria as human commodities.

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[DCAKen]

1/28/21 – Rum

Down at the waterfront

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