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

[drevil]

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

On February 8, 1885, the first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii as contract laborers for the sugarcane and pineapple plantations. With them they brought their culture, traditions, and food.

On your ride, capture the word “Japanese” on a sign in your photo.

Happy hunting!

[video=youtube_share;pVK0iwScTvs]https://youtu.be/pVK0iwScTvs[/video]

[JoM]

@accordioneur 207206 wrote:

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.

Toby is a long time friend of ours! (Fun fact – he used to mountain bike with us!)

We love his UBE ice cream. Ube is a purple yam (popular in the Philippines and SE Asian countries).
Will definitely have to plan a ride down to visit!

[JoM]

@josh 207208 wrote:

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

It is definitely fun to watch them make it! Tell Kate I said “Hi!”

[JoM]

@Nadine 207218 wrote:

2/6/21 – ice cream & selfie

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]

Nadine, there were no rules about having the name of the location in the selfie! Definitely, keep your bike close and ice cream cold! If you see Toby, tell him I said Hi!

[Boomer Cycles]

2/07/21 – Superb Owl

[mention]HokieBeth [/mention] and I stumbled upon this Owl of the abstract cubism style after making a wrong turn in downtown DC.

Sent from Boomer_Cycles via my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Catedrew]

@drevil 207249 wrote:

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

2/7/21 – Owls – this is front yard art on 7th St North in Arlington.

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[accordioneur]

@Nadine 207292 wrote:

Except the sign isn’t legible here…. It is in my Strava pic though, which I think is the same pic. (Is it possible pix show up blurrier here than on Strava?)

Nadine, I posted a picture of the same owl, including a link to a video about it, in case anyone wants to know more about it.

[Jessica Hirschhorn]

@drevil 207303 wrote:

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign

On February 8, 1885, the first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii as contract laborers for the sugarcane and pineapple plantations. With them they brought their culture, traditions, and food.

On your ride, capture the word “Japanese” on a sign in your photo.

Happy hunting!

[video=youtube_share;pVK0iwScTvs]https://youtu.be/pVK0iwScTvs[/video]

Great video! Steel bikes, no brakes no gears.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[ALClayville]

2/7/2021 Superb Owl Sunday The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat![ATTACH=CONFIG]23802[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]23804[/ATTACH]

[bigredboiler]

2/7/21 – SuperB owl Sunday

The owl perched atop this great tree carving in Oak Grove Park in Arlington. Popular spot today (and Saturday based on the pics in this forum…

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[camiller]

2/7/2021 Superb Owl

I couldn’t think about any nearby owls and with the bad weather I wasn’t willing to travel too far to search. Anyway, I found this lovely owl at my local Lowe’s. He looked nice and cozy in his perch in the store with the snow was falling outside.

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[Kbikeva]

@ALClayville 207317 wrote:

2/7/2021 Superb Owl Sunday The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat![ATTACH=CONFIG]23802[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]23804[/ATTACH]

What a delightful mosaic! Where is this? Local?

[mootsfy]

1/7/21 Superb Owl

[sszibler]

2/7/21 Superb Owl – 14th St. DC Words and Owl photo!

[cvcalhoun]

2/8/21 – the word “Japanese” on a sign
I thought I knew exactly where to go for this one. Satsuma is my favorite sushi restaurant, although since the pandemic I’ve been getting it only by delivery. Numerous online photos showed it having a big sign above the door saying, “Satsuma Japanese Restaurant.” And unlike several of my other destinations in this scavenger hunt, I knew for a fact that it was still open.

So I went there. And what is above the door now says just “Satsuma.” I can even see where the letters that said “Japanese Restaurant” were attached. But the letters themselves are gone.

Fortunately, it turned out Hinata Sushi Carry Out was only a few blocks away. And while there was no “Japanese” in the name, it does have a sign for its Japanese groceries.

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