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

[LisaE]

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

Clock at “Kensington Corner” in Falls Church, home of The Kensington, an assisted living facility

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[consularrider]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

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

On February 5, 1924, the Greenwich Time Signal (aka the pips) was introduced; it marks the precise start of each hour.

During your ride, capture a stationary clock or other time-telling device in a photo and post here. “Stationary” means something that is affixed or doesn’t move easily, and not something like a wristwatch or phone. Wall clocks are fine.

Happy hunting!

https://www.facebook.com/FlavorFlavOfficial/videos/1628104697257923
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At the corner of E 79th St and 1st Ave. Note the plowed cycle track.

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[Hannah Lili]

2/5/21 Clocks

This is where I took my prom photos. Obligatory, “Where has the time gone?”. It’s here.

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[DCAKen]

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

The clock rises above the swamp. Curiously, the tower itself is under the purview of the National Park Service. Unfortunately, it’s not currently open for tours, since there’s a great view from the top.

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[LeftyLaura]

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

I missed my first park, found a park walked the bike thru 10” of snow to get my bike into the picture. Behind the park sign was this cute timepiece so I’m sharing. Boonton, NJ was where my Dad was a family doctor, Main Street has 4 pizza and 3 coffee shops and a movie theater where you walk in under the screen. Fun Sopranos fact: when Vito goes to New Hampshire, the town of Dartford was really Boonton. The clock is in the park filmed in the Sopranos and I biked passed the B&B on Cedar St.

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[bikesnick]

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

Sundial on the side of the US Post Office on Cameron St in Alexandria, VA.
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[Nadine]

2/5/21 – stationary clock or other time telling device

Georgetown clock from key bridge

with a bit of my bar mitt in it [emoji16]

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[karenbikes2]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

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

On February 5, 1924, the Greenwich Time Signal (aka the pips) was introduced; it marks the precise start of each hour.

During your ride, capture a stationary clock or other time-telling device in a photo and post here. “Stationary” means something that is affixed or doesn’t move easily, and not something like a wristwatch or phone. Wall clocks are fine.

Happy hunting!

https://www.facebook.com/FlavorFlavOfficial/videos/1628104697257923
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2/5/21
Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device
This is the Memorial Sun Dial at the entrance to the Walker Nature Center in Reston. The sundial is in memory of Vernon Walker, the founder and first director of the nature center. It’s number 369 of the Sundial Registry of the North America Sundial Society. It is oriented to tell true solar time.

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[AlanA]

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

I spent almost 10 minutes trying to find a sundial at Mont. College in Rockville. I gave up.
Luckily, I had taken this picture earlier that was just across the street from my Civil War marker. (just in case)

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[accordioneur]

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

Another one close to home – the clock on the Post Office at Westover (22205 in Arlington). Note the “No skateboards, bicycle riding or roller skating” sign. I have a grammatical nit to pick with the writer of the sign. Why doesn’t it read “No skateboarding …” rather than “No skateboards”?

BTW, the picture was taken at 2:07 PM – the fact that the clock reads 4:35 makes a statement about the Post Office’s loose relationship with time these days.

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[cvcalhoun]

2/5/21 – Stationary Clock or Other Time Telling Device
Enough stationary clocks for you?

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[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

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

I went on today’s ride obsessed with time! Hurry up and finish work! Late for a very important date! Tick tock, tick tock, we all live by the clock!!

But I couldn’t find a stationary clock anywhere I went. Not a clock tower, nor a sun dial. But it occurred to me that we must be surrounded by time telling devices if we all live by the clock! Then I looked up, and there it was!

But does anyone really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? About time??

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[LhasaCM]

@JoM 207115 wrote:

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!

Well, to be fair – since I took the picture after I got home, and actually don’t think I even rode that bike yesterday, I also violated rule 2. And as subtle as the branding is, one could also argue it violated rule 13 (I know it’s there and even in real life it’s barely discernible). Do I get negative points for each rule I broke?

[historygeek]

2/5/21 clock

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 207071 wrote:

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

2/5/21 – clock -Clarendon neighborhood, Arlington, VA.

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