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

[Hannah Lili]

2/3/21 Ritchie Valens Anagram

I hate to belittle Ritchie Valens like this but here’s “rentals”

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 206935 wrote:

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

On February 3, 1959, musicians Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and J.P. Richardson perished in a plane crash in Iowa. The event later became known as “The Day the Music Died“.

On your ride, find a word (i.e., not the thing) on a sign using just the letters in Ritchie Valens’ name. The word has to be 5 letters or more.

Happy hunting!

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Ritchie Valens anagram 2/3/21 “Christian”

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[karenbikes2]

@drevil 206935 wrote:

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

On February 3, 1959, musicians Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and J.P. Richardson perished in a plane crash in Iowa. The event later became known as “The Day the Music Died“.

On your ride, find a word (i.e., not the thing) on a sign using just the letters in Ritchie Valens’ name. The word has to be 5 letters or more.

Happy hunting!

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2/3/21
“Ritchie Valens” subanagram: the word, 5 letters or more
Castle! Was riding to a shopping center for the word “center” when I passed this street.

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[accordioneur]

2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram

I stopped by my nearby CLEANERS which offers laundry SERVICE to get two sub-anagrams in one sub-anagram photo. This shop is on Washington Boulevard, named for Founding Father who was an ENSLAVER. It also made me realize that at this point I haven’t had to bring anything in for dry cleaning in almost a year.

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 206935 wrote:

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

Presumably they are in heaven

[historygeek]

2/3/21 Ritchie Valens

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[HokieBeth]

2/3 Ritchie Valens

“Center”

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[LeftyLaura]

2/3 Ritchie Valens

I am so glad for my small home town having a “charities” drop!

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[tomacsh]

2/3/21–Ritchie Valens sub-anagram

Vehicles
(also, “Trail”)

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[AlanA]

@Hannah Lili 206983 wrote:

2/3/21 Ritchie Valens Anagram

I hate to belittle Ritchie Valens like this but here’s “rentals”

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The question of the day. Did you use it?

[Serdar]

@drevil 206935 wrote:

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

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Carlin on a street sign at the intersection of Carlin Springs Road and Leesburg Pike
https://www.strava.com/activities/4730338674

[Hannah Lili]

@AlanA 206999 wrote:

The question of the day. Did you use it?

Haha, I did not. But I did swing on the construction site’s “cantilevers.”

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[Steve O]

2/3/21 – “Ritchie Valens” subanagram

Tavern
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[Nadine]

2/3/21 – Ritchie Valens subanagram

So many choices! I hafta wonder if Drevil maybe gave us Ritchie Valens because it’s still snowy & icy out…. If it were clear maybe we woulda gotten buddy holly!

Anyhow I hafta choose between pix of “Chinese” & “Civitan.” My husband had never heard of Civitan so here ya go

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[Indiana]

2/3/21 – Ritchie Valens subanagram

I confess that I took a picture of this sign at the National Arboretum thinking “insects” might work but then realizing that would need another “s.” I kept it in hopes of finding anagrams within later on–didn’t want to waste riding time! It turns out that there’s a bunch:

Invite
Native
Nectar
Learn
Visit
Service
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Did I miss any others?

[Author]

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