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

[Indiana]

2/4/21 – Rose or Rosa

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The Franciscan Monastery in Brookland has beautiful rose gardens. Here you can see the thorny stems of a “Veteran’s Honor Dark Red Hybrid Tea Rose” plant in the snow.

[mootsfy]

2/4/21 Rose or Rosa

Rose bush and Rose painting

[Laurie E.]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]23681[/ATTACH] @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)

[cvcalhoun]

@Kbikeva 207049 wrote:

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

Thanks! The Fly 6 was the oldest model (from 2016) and the battery wasn’t lasting as long as it had, so I was thinking of replacing it anyway. But it was still a bit of a shock to get back to Bethesda Metro after my vaccine to find it missing. How rude! Then again, my mood was so good after getting the vaccine that nothing could spoil it.

[rumipumi]

2/5 its about time (clock or timekeeping device, stationary)

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[Kbikeva]

@cvcalhoun 207091 wrote:

Thanks! The Fly 6 was the oldest model (from 2016) and the battery wasn’t lasting as long as it had, so I was thinking of replacing it anyway. But it was still a bit of a shock to get back to Bethesda Metro after my vaccine to find it missing. How rude! Then again, my mood was so good after getting the vaccine that nothing could spoil it.

I had the original Fly6 too and the battery was like yours. Our club did a group buy so I got a new one and sent the older one to my son. He rides much faster than I so his rides are much shorter – doesn’t need the battery to last as long! lol He’s at the age where it’s all about the goals, not so much about the journey.

I’m not in group 1B so I just continue to stay far away from most people and get that Vitamin D every day!

[CBGanimal]

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or other time telling device

I ride past this sun clock every time I go to Madrid…just not at the same time!

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[josh]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device

Damn, rumipumi and CBGanimal also had the sundial idea. What’s more stationary than something with no moving parts?
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This is Sundial by Alexander Stirling Calder (the father of the Alexander “Sandy” Calder who made the massive mobiles, among other works).

[bikedavid]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device

The USNO clock. The actual clock is inside.

[cvcalhoun]

@Kbikeva 207093 wrote:

I had the original Fly6 too and the battery was like yours. Our club did a group buy so I got a new one and sent the older one to my son. He rides much faster than I so his rides are much shorter – doesn’t need the battery to last as long! lol He’s at the age where it’s all about the goals, not so much about the journey.

I’m not in group 1B so I just continue to stay far away from most people and get that Vitamin D every day!

I’m in Group 1C. Giant is scheduling people in that group in Maryland
. It just took refreshing the scheduling page about 50,000 times over five days to get an appointment.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device

The sun came out! This sundial really is awesome. It has a calendar function as well – marks where the tip of the shadow will hit at noon during certain times of the year.
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[CaseyKane50]

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device

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Clocks at City Hall in Alexandria.

[Kbikeva]

2/5/21 Stationary clock or other time telling device

This is the clocktower at the “Village Center at Dulles” but I’ll bet if you referred to the shopping center as anything but “The clocktower in Herndon” people wouldn’t have a clue. This is also the home of A-1 Cycling, our dear friends!

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[komorebi]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device

2/5/2021 — stationary clock. Like CaseyKane50, I also went to Alexandria’s City Hall:

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[JoM]

@LhasaCM 207073 wrote:

2/4/21 – Rose

I interpreted “on your ride” differently. It was subtle to begin with, and the paint job has taken quite a bit of abuse over the years, but here is a closeup of my front fork with the bike’s brand “Rose” in raised lettering.

(Bike purchased from https://www.rosebikes.com/)

Hi, LhasaCM,
Thanks for playing, very cool paint job on your bike. Please see rule #11. Looking forward to your future entries for the FS21 Daily Scavenger Hunt!

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