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

[smb9600]

2/6/2021 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

This place has a new flavor for 2021 Hello Joe! Will have to go back & try it out soon!

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[CaseyKane50]

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

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Having a a cup of salter caramel gelato at the new Boccato’s on Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria. While technically not ice cream, it sure was good and much better than frozen yogurt.

[AlanA]

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

Have some more ice cream in historic Middletown, MD in a property built in 1910! Sadly, they are closed for the winter.

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[accordioneur]

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

Just a few stores down at Westover from yesterday’s clock tower is Toby’s Ice Cream. Years ago this location was a bakery, then it became an ice cream shop called “Scoops Beauregard” (as some FS participants well know), then eventually it became Toby’s.

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[josh]

@drevil 207169 wrote:

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

I’ve never had rolled ice cream before, so that’s what we got!
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[bigredboiler]

2/6/21 – Ice Cream for B’fast Day

Sounded like a good excuse to ride to the Bluemont General Store. Luckily, they are open and serve ice cream!

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 207169 wrote:

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

Instead of ice cream for breakfast, ice cream for dinner at Jubilee!

[Nadine]

2/6/21 – ice cream & selfie

I went to Toby’s too (I live a mile from Accordioneur [emoji16].) The selfie with ice cream thing was challenging given my lactose intolerance and sugar avoidance – but my husband was happy to help. [emoji38]

Sooooo I brought a stuff backpack on my li’l ride, got a covered cup of mint chip, first on his list, and stopped at Toby’s at the end right before the last mile to home. Good thing it’s February! [emoji38]

I couldn’t fit the name of the place into my selfie – I coulda taken the pic from the street, but I’m frankly not that comfortable leaning my bike against a wall and going that far from it. Nevermind the Arlington crime rate – I’m just not doing it. You can see the awning with the name of the place if you scroll up a bit to Accordioneur’s picture. Or lookit my Strava post from today – it’s a quax, too. [emoji16]

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[AlanA]

@Serdar 207193 wrote:

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Ice Cream at The Fairy Godmother in Alexandria
https://www.strava.com/activities/4746698945

That looks like a cup of pecans. Is there butter underneath to make it Butter Pecan?

[mootsfy]

1/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

Class 520 Thai Ice Cream located in College Park. Trip to Hawaii flavor was pretty good. [emoji39]

[Kbikeva]

@Nadine 207218 wrote:

2/6/21 – ice cream & selfie

I went to Toby’s too (I live a mile from Accordioneur [emoji16].) The selfie with ice cream thing was challenging given my lactose intolerance and sugar avoidance – but my husband was happy to help. [emoji38]

Sooooo I brought a stuff backpack on my li’l ride, got a covered cup of mint chip, first on his list, and stopped at Toby’s at the end right before the last mile to home. Good thing it’s February! [emoji38]

I couldn’t fit the name of the place into my selfie – I coulda taken the pic from the street, but I’m frankly not that comfortable leaning my bike against a wall and going that far from it. Nevermind the Arlington crime rate – I’m just not doing it. You can see the awning with the name of the place if you scroll up a bit to Accordioneur’s picture. Or lookit my Strava post from today – it’s a quax, too. [emoji16]

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So nice of your husband to be so sacrificial for your ride.

[Kbikeva]

@josh 207208 wrote:

I’ve never had rolled ice cream before, so that’s what we got!
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What? Rolled? Where is that? Did it taste any different? That might be a field trip destination!

[Hannah Lili]

1/6/21- Ice Cream.
This is a Florida classic, orange and vanilla swirl.

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[Mtansill]

@Kbikeva 207223 wrote:

What? Rolled? Where is that? Did it taste any different? That might be a field trip destination!

It’s a place called Class 520, on the College Park University of Maryland campus. They pour the unfrozen ice cream onto a large cold plate, mix it, and then peel it up to make the rolls. It tastes about the same, but the first one I had, for instance, was lychee, and was delicious with chunks of fruit in it.

[Mtansill]

@drevil 207169 wrote:

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

Excellent goal today! As I’ve already mentioned to a few people, eating ice cream outside in the winter reminds me of my semester in Moscow, because the outdoor ice cream selling kiosks were open all winter long and yes I had ice cream outside in the winter in a very snowy Moscow and that was fun.

Luckily as this was during a bike ride, today wasn’t as cold as a Moscow winter, so going down to Ice Cream Jubilee in the Navy Yard was a joy. They’re having their limited edition Chinese New Year flavors, and I chose the sweet red bean and almond cookie ice cream. Delicious!

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