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

[Kbikeva]

I thought for a while about this, wanting to do something different. There’s a street called “Rosedown” near us, but I didn’t want to do yet another street sign. Plus Ride W/GPS always pronounces it “Ross-uh-don” which was funny at first but not anymore.

Then I remembered I needed to stop in World Market for Valentine’s treats to send my kids and what do they have there but MAPS? And what do good maps have? A compass ROSE.

And then I said to myself, “If Rosa Parks wasn’t a compass helping direct the path we should follow, I’m not sure who was.”

So here it is, Compass ROSE.

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[LeftyLaura]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

So, suited up to visit a high school friend who moved off Split Rock Road in Boonton, NJ (big scenes in the Sopranos). Split Rock is a little mountain kind of road, up up then down down. I was totally worried about finding any writing much less specific words because I was biking the valley toward Kinnelon. I looked up from the driveway and out of the heavens a rose appeared on the street. I’m taking it!

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[cvcalhoun]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa
This is actually roses or rosas, depending on whether you’re speaking English or Spanish.

Today was the first time in a long while that Freezing Saddles/the scavenger hunt wasn’t the main reason for my trip. I was biking to a rental car so I could drive to Glen Burnie for my COVID vaccine.

But that meant I was exactly the wrong end of town for all the roses I could think of (Pike and Rose, Rose Avenue, or Montrose Road). And it had already been a long day (up early, vaccine, and finding that someone had stolen my Fly 6). So I didn’t really feel like doing more riding.

Then I suddenly remembered that downtown has lots of florists. So I biked to the nearest one, Bethesda Florist. Unfortunately, while there were many other flowers out, there were no roses.

I was contemplating what to do next when an employee came out and asked if she could help. I responded, “This is really weird, but I need to take a picture of some roses.” She said, “I’m working on some right now. I’ll bring them out to you.” She did, and put them down where I could get a nice close up of them.

After I thanked her and started to leave, she said, “Good luck with whatever it is you’re doing!” Yep, with all this, she had never bothered to ask.

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[AlanA]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

I went with “Rosa Parks” to make it even more official! I go by this school at the end of most of my rides, so I didn’t have to think very hard about this one. Yay!

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[bigredboiler]

2/4/21 – Rosa (or Rose) Parks

Didn’t find the elusive Rosa on my routes today….or actual roses, so I had to stick with the plain ‘ol Rose Garden sign.

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[Kbikeva]

@cvcalhoun 207045 wrote:

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa
This is actually roses or rosas, depending on whether you’re speaking English or Spanish.

Today was the first time in a long while that Freezing Saddles/the scavenger hunt wasn’t the main reason for my trip. I was biking to a rental car so I could drive to Glen Burnie for my COVID vaccine.

But that meant I was exactly the wrong end of town for all the roses I could think of (Pike and Rose, Rose Avenue, or Montrose Road). And it had already been a long day (up early, vaccine, and finding that someone had stolen my Fly 6). So I didn’t really feel like doing more riding.

Then I suddenly remembered that downtown has lots of florists. So I biked to the nearest one, Bethesda Florist. Unfortunately, while there were many other flowers out, there were no roses.

I was contemplating what to do next when an employee came out and asked if she could help. I responded, “This is really weird, but I need to take a picture of some roses.” She said, “I’m working on some right now. I’ll bring them out to you.” She did, and put them down where I could get a nice close up of them.

After I thanked her and started to leave, she said, “Good luck with whatever it is you’re doing!” Yep, with all this, she had never bothered to ask.

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Very nice! So sorry about your Fly6. That’s an expensive loss! Glad you got your vaccine though!

[karenbikes2]

@drevil 207012 wrote:

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

Civil rights hero Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. Because she defiantly refused to move to the back of that bus many years ago, her action has improved all of our lives.

On your ride, find either a “rose” or “Rosa”, snap a pic, and post it in this thread.

Happy hunting!

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(Pic of North Rosa Parks Way in Portland, OR)

2/4/21 Rose or Rosa
Rosedown Dr in Reston. Couldn’t find any explanation of why this name was given to this street. There is a historic site owned by the State of Louisiana and is one of the most intact and documented examples of a plantation complex in the US south. It serves as a rich source for studies of slavery. Not clear that the street name has anything to do with the plantation but I couldn’t find any other information when I googled “Rosedown.”

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[bikesnick]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

Rosemont Dr
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[CaseyKane50]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

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Found lots of roses in Alexandria, but then found this faded rose on a rose bush. The rose and its bush is in the St.Paul’s Cemetery off of Wilkes Street. Don’t despair, the rose bush has new growth, spring is near.

[consularrider]

@drevil 207012 wrote:

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

Civil rights hero Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. Because she defiantly refused to move to the back of that bus many years ago, her action has improved all of our lives.

On your ride, find either a “rose” or “Rosa”, snap a pic, and post it in this thread.

Happy hunting!

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(Pic of North Rosa Parks Way in Portland, OR)

Yellow roses in the mural on the wall of the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens in Astoria

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[LisaE]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

Rosemary Lane in Falls Church

On my way back from riding up and down Rosemary Ln a few times, I was reminded that there is also a Rose Place nearby.

But this sign was prettier so I went with it.

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[rumipumi]

2/4 Rosa Parks

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[historygeek]

2/4/21 Rosa Parks
Believe it or not I was not riding with Rumi. [emoji23]

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[tomacsh]

2/4/21–Roses for Rosa Parks
Florist near my work studio, so I gifted my coworker and boss early Valentines flowers [emoji257]


[mention]drevil [/mention] Did you realize you would be doing so much to stimulate the local economy?!!

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 207012 wrote:

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

2/4/21 – Rose

This was at the Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington.

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