Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

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    drevil
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    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

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    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 :D
      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

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  • #1110865
    drevil
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    @Nadine 206951 wrote:

    Cleaner works too! But [emoji848] Idk if you get double points for that

    Ha, no double points on this hunt, but nice find!

    #1110866
    DCAKen
    Participant

    2/3/2021 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram

    Vehicles

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    #1110869
    LisaE
    Participant

    2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

    “Teachers”

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    #1110871
    Boomer Cycles
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    @drevil 206935 wrote:

    2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5-letters

    “vehicles”

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    #1110872
    Kbikeva
    Participant

    2/3/21 Ritchie Valens subanagram

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    As one of these myself, I was pleased to find a good use for this word! This is in Sterling.

    #1110875
    Kbikeva
    Participant

    2/3/21 Ritchie Valens subanagram

    As one of these myself, I was pleased to ride out to Sterling for this word. Their memorial is lovely, but with the photo limitation, you get the word OR the memorial, so here’s the word. :-) (Go Air Force)

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    #1110879
    bikesnick
    Participant

    2/3/2021 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

    “leather”
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    #1110880
    smb9600
    Participant

    @CaseyKane50 206950 wrote:

    2/3/2021 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

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    Picture taken on Quaker Lane, Alexandria side.

    I was certain it was Presto Valet Cleaners, but was happy to discover they are a “certified environmental dry cleaner”. Of course, I could have just settled for valet.:cool:

    Ooh! I was looking at this place on a ride today (yesterday?) & thinking I should remember it for a future scavenger hunt day… I hadn’t even realized I could use it today! [emoji23]

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    #1110881
    smb9600
    Participant

    2/3/21 – Ritchie Valens Subanagram

    Who doesn’t love a trip to the DMV? I got scared riding up the sign didn’t say “Vehicles” but fortunately it’s there!!!

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    #1110882
    Mtansill
    Participant

    @drevil 206935 wrote:

    2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

    The word “reach” as found in the description of this sculpture at the American Institute of Physics.
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    #1110884
    AlanA
    Participant

    2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5-letters or more

    I figured a shopping “center” would be fairly easy to find on my planned ride today. It was.

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    #1110886
    rumipumi
    Participant

    2/3 Ritchie Valens anagram
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    calvert

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    #1110888
    CaseyKane50
    Participant

    @smb9600 206968 wrote:

    Ooh! I was looking at this place on a ride today (yesterday?) & thinking I should remember it for a future scavenger hunt day… I hadn’t even realized I could use it today! [emoji23]

    Just think, if you hadn’t gotten lost in Fairlington, you might have missed Presto Valet.

    #1110891
    bigredboiler
    Participant

    2/3/21 – Ritchie Valens Anagram

    So many choices :)
    Went with a more unique one that I found on the street sign….HELENA….a lovely little cut-through road for cycling.

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    #1110893
    Sophie CW
    Participant

    2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram: Service … I was so close!
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