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

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[historygeek]

2/6/21 ice cream

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[Boomer Cycles]

2/06/21 – Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all screamed for ice cream [emoji509]!!

Claiming multiple credits here for group-selfie w/ a cross-team BAFS collaboration between [mention]HokieBeth [/mention] [mention]LuisFilipe [/mention] and his better half (Mariana) as well as myself @ Dairy Godmother in the Del Ray hood of Alexandria VA

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 207169 wrote:

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

2/6/21 – Coldstone Creamery in Crystal City, Arlington, VA. I was going to buy some, but didn’t have enough cash on me. Their smallest item was $$.

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[Serdar]

@AlanA 207219 wrote:

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

That is vanilla topped with pecans.

[Serdar]

@mrhappy_onabike 207197 wrote:

2/6/21 Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

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Mr. Happy must be happy.

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 207169 wrote:

2/6/21 – Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt

Weirdly enough, this year the 6th of February – one of the coldest months in the US – is both National Frozen Yogurt Day and Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.

On your ride, capture ice cream or frozen yogurt: it can be the thing, a storefront, or a sign. If one of the two last options, it should have the words “Ice Cream” or “Frozen Yogurt”.

If you want 2 points (total), make your photo a selfie holding the ice cream or frozen yogurt. If you don’t want to doxx yourself, cover your face up with your mask/gaiter/buff.

Happy hunting!

Pic below is a real jersey for the kids’ segment of the local DC-Area mountain bike club (MORE).
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If you want to see the jersey in action or just feel warmer, here’s a vid I made a couple of years ago at one of our summer picnics. It has at least a handful of Bike Arlington regulars. See if you can find any https://vimeo.com/343114786

Here is my selfie holding ice cream for 2 points 2/6/21

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[LeftyLaura]

@Mtansill 207225 wrote:

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.

I think Petals at hunters woods serves rolled ice cream.

[drevil]

2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)

Apparently tomorrow is the day of the Superb Owl. Finding an owl in the wild – whether it be real, fake, or art – will net you 2 points. This hunt doesn’t include the word, we’ll actually need the bird likeness. Capture it on your phone and post here in the forum.

I realize that owls may be elusive, so I have the following alternatives, but you have to include your bike in the picture if you are going this route. Also, these will only get you 1 point total for the day:

• The store America’s Best Contacts and Glasses
• A store that has “candy” on its sign or in its name. The word “candy” has to be in the pic
• If all else fails, the word “owl”. It can be inside of another word, e.g., “knowledgeablenesses”

Happy hunting!

[bikesnick]

@drevil 207249 wrote:

2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)
… Finding an owl in the wild – whether it be real, fake, or art – will net you 2 points.

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[cvcalhoun]

2/7/21 – Superb Owl
Apparently, I am better at finding owls than at knowing it’s Superb Owl Day without a reminder from the forum.

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[komorebi]

@drevil 207249 wrote:

2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)

2/7/2021 — owl. There’s a house on Columbus St. whose residents have a fondness for bird-themed yard art:

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[josh]

@drevil 207249 wrote:

2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)

Temple University has (at least) two different owl statues on their campus — no surprise, considering that the owl is their symbol.
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I’m a sucker for realism, so I chose this one. The other one’s viewable on my Strava.

[CaseyKane50]

2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)

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Took advantage of a few alternatives to capture a new candy store – Rocket Fizz. Rocket Fizz is located just off Quaker Lane in the Fairlington Shopping Center.

[DCAKen]

2/7/21 – Superb Owl (or a few alternatives)

The Rooster & Owl on 14th Street has plenty of owls in its window art.

I’m glad I didn’t have to sink to cycling past Hooters

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[CBGanimal]

2/7/21 – Superb Owl

The owl watches the kids at this play center!

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