Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[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.

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[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.

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[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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