Pointless Prize: 2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Serdar]

Hi Freezing Saddlers,

This year, Janet and I will lead Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt. We are happy to announce the topics for the first week.

Rules:

Like in the previous, we have two competitions this year: the main competition and participation prizes! You can compete in both simultaneously or just one.

To compete for a participation prize, you must (1) upload one or more photos of the item to your Strava ride for that day. (2) title your Strava ride with the hashtag #scavhunt. Please only hashtag ONE ride per day with #scavhunt. This hashtag will ensure you automatically show up and get ranked on our scavhunt leaderboard (https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt).
To compete in the main competition (with one or more points awarded daily based on photo creativity, beauty, and/or the capricious whims of Serdar and Janet) your entries must be posted HERE on the Forum in this thread.

Detailed rules are below (with huge thanks to Rumi and Millie for spelling this all out last year and allowing us to mostly repeat their detailed instructions!):

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’23
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. For the main competition, it has to be posted in the Forum 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, we won’t count the ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge.
4. The reason we say “for the day it is requested” is because we will release a weekly list of scavenger hunt items ahead of time, with one item for each day — but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. We will update the Scavenger Hunt theme weekly on this thread and Strava. We will try to update it in advance of the week ahead so you have time to make plans!
6. Your Forum post must be titled with the date and the found object/theme. Example: IF the item for January 1st were “borscht,” you would title your Forum post: 1/1/2023 borscht
7. Description, short backstory, or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not 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. You don’t need to be in the photo, but if you are in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day should be posted in the Forum. Please only pad by adding one pic/day. (You can include as many photos as possible on your Strava ride.)
10. It has to be a picture, not a video.
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, not things you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: Don’t scratch it into the dirt if I say find “2023”. 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 takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point.
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo.
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 help you with it.
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that we would know anything about such things.

Scoring

Scoring will be similar to FS22, and there are two different prizes you are competing for simultaneously:

• Main Competition: To compete in this prize you must post in this thread complying with the rules above. Scoring will be arbitrary and capricious, and only one person per day is guaranteed to get the point each day. How will you be the lucky point winner for the day? Impress us with your creativity. Since we are publishing an entire week at a time, it should give you some time to come up with a creative idea. The rider with the most Main Competition points at the end of the competition is the… winner of the Main Competition.
• Participation Winner: There will also be one or more participation award(s) for the top daily participant(s). Tag one ride each day with #scavhunt, add your photo(s) of the item and watch this leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt . The leaderboard will score this automatically (one point per daily #scavhunt ride) and is honor-based. Please do not tag more than one ride per day with the hashtag. The top rider(s) (based on the number of rides, not mileage!!) will get a special prize at the end of Freezing Saddles!

Good Luck!
Janet and Serdar

Please, check the daily topics below. We will be editing/updating this post regularly.

1/1/23 Sunday — Fire
1/2/23 Monday — Ice
1/3/23 Tuesday — Lantern
1/4/23 Wednesday — Snow
1/5/23 Thursday — Lava
1/6/23 Friday — Ice Cream

1/7/23 Saturday ’90s
1/8/23 Sunday ’70s
1/9/23 Monday ’60s
1/10/23 Tuesday ’50s
1/11/23 Wednesday ’40s
1/12/23 Thursday ’30s
1/13/23 Friday ’20s

1/14/23 Saturday National Dress Up Your Pet Day
1/15/23 Sunday National Hat Day
1/16/23 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1/17/23 Tuesday Prohibition Begins, 1920-1933
1/18/23 Wednesday National Winnie the Pooh Day
1/19/23 Thursday National Popcorn Day
1/20/23 Friday National Cheese Lovers Day

1/21/23 Saturday – Waterfall
1/22/23 Sunday – DC Music
1/23/23 Monday – World Cup 2022
1/24/23 Tuesday – selfie with the maximum number of your FS teammates
1/25/23 Wednesday – Opposite Day
1/26/23 Thursday – Vietnam War ended
1/27/23 Friday – National Chocolate Cake Day

1/28/23 Saturday – Data Privacy Day
1/29/23 Sunday – National Puzzle Day
1/30/23 Monday – Franklin D. Roosevelt? He was born on this day.
1/31/23 Tuesday – National Backward Day
2/1/23 Wednesday – National Texas Day
2/2/23 Thursday – Groundhog Day
2/3/23 Friday – Feed the Birds Day

2/4/23 Saturday – Barbie Doll
2/5/23 Sunday – Apollo 14 mission
2/6/23 Monday – The Battle of Fort Henry
2/7/23 Tuesday – The Beatles
2/8/23 Wednesday – composer/conductor John Williams
2/9/23 Thursday – “The Simpsons”
2/10/23 Friday – Wild Card!

2/11/23 Saturday “Pointless” Kids
2/12/23 Sunday Superb Owl
2/13/23 Monday Architecture
2/14/23 Tuesday Errandeering
2/15/23 Wednesday Little Free Library
2/16/23 Thursday License Plates
2/17/23 Friday Calvinball

2/18/23 Saturday *Service Saturday*
2/19/23 Sunday *Sustainable Sunday*
2/20/23 Monday *Manic Monday*
2/21/23 Tuesday *Timeless Tuesday*
2/22/23 Wednesday *Wordplay Wednesday*
2/23/23 Thursday *Thankful Thursday*
2/24/23 Friday *Foodie Friday*

2/25/23 Saturday Wicked Witch
2/26/23 Sunday Silver or Ruby Slippers
2/27/23 Monday Yellow Brick Road
2/28/23 Tuesday Scarecrow
3/1/23 Wednesday Tin Man
3/2/23 Thursday Cowardly Lion
3/3/23 Friday “There is no place like home…”

3/4/23 Saturday Lines
3/5/23 Sunday Squares
3/6/23 Monday Donut
3/7/23 Tuesday Hole
3/8/23 Wednesday Sparrow
3/9/23 Thursday Rainbow
3/10/23 Friday Philosophy

Week 11 Scavenger Hunt: Reindeer Games! They call these Pointless Prizes “Reindeer Games,” so for this last full week of Freezing Saddles, play along and illustrate the name of these famous reindeer in a photo.

3/11/23 Saturday Dasher (No hyphens, please!)
3/12/23 Sunday Dancer & Prancer
3/13/23 Monday Vixen
3/14/23 Tuesday Comet
3/15/23 Wednesday Cupid
3/16/23 Thursday Donner &/or Blitzen
3/17/23 Friday Rudolph

3/18/23 Saturday Wild Card with action, emotion, and engagement
3/19/23 Sunday Action, emotion, and engagement, but with a bike in the photo see page 174

Topic

[lordofthemark]

1/12/2023 The ’30s

The 1930s were dominated in the US (and in some other parts of the world) by the great Depression.

There are many standard ways of dealing with depression. Stimulative fiscal policy. Relaxed monetary policy. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and other meds. Talk therapy (there are newer approaches, but I’m old fashioned, I’m into cognitive-behavioral therapy). Getting exercise and being outdoors (so, like, riding a bicycle) can help sometimes.

There are less helpful things people try. Isolating oneself. Raising tariff barriers.

Pictured here is a naturally occurring SSRI.

If anyone here finds that their gross domestic product is suddenly dropping and there is inadequate aggregate demand, let me know. #destigmatizingthebusinesscycle

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[Indiana]

Week 3 Scavenger Hunt: National Days!

Rock on with those decades! This will be a tough week to judge.

Here are the topics for next week, a mix of national days, some major remembrances, some just silly.

1/14/23 Saturday National Dress Up Your Pet Day — Show us an animal (real, fake, imaginary, whatever, just NOT YOUR OWN) in clothes!
1/15/23 Sunday National Hat Day — Photograph a fun hat
1/16/23 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Show something related to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1/17/23 Tuesday Prohibition Begins, 1920-1933 — Interpret as you wish
1/18/23 Wednesday National Winnie the Pooh Day (happy birthday A.A. Milne, 1882) — Photograph someone or something you might find in Pooh’s Hundred Acre Woods
1/19/23 Thursday National Popcorn Day — Pop pop pop pop popcorn!
1/20/23 Friday National Cheese Lovers Day — Cheesy cheese pictures, please!

Please remember to find your subjects on your ride. Items/people/costumes brought from home may not count on their own, but they can continue be used to enhance photos of whatever you found. Clear as mud? Ride on!

[Steve O]

1/12/2023 – the 30’s

The GW Parkway, built in the 1930’s

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[Jessica Hirschhorn]

30’s. 1/12/23. This radio is from the 30’s
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[bikesnick]

1/12/2023 – ’30s
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Volkswagen began producting the Beetle in 1938. The lead engineer was Ferdinand Porsche.

[Mtansill]

1/12/2023: the 30s

In 1935, the government purchased land for President Franklin Roosevelt’s first planned green town, Greenbelt, MD. On my bike today I visited historic Turner Cemetery, which was one of three family cemeteries existing on the farms that were purchased and, as the placard said, where the other cemeteries’ occupants were consolidated.

While I took a picture of that placard, and also visited the New Deal Cafe, I decided that this photo of Franklin and Eleanor would represent the 30s for this day.

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[CBGanimal]

1/12/2023 30s

The temple was dedicated in the 1930s
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[consularrider]

#scavhunt – 1/12/2023 – The 30s. Mt Vernon was begun in 1734, GW was born in 1732, and the southern portion of the GW Memorial Parkway opened in 1932.

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[LeftyLaura]

1/12/2023 – the 30s

My mother and her bothers played Lincoln Logs thru the 49s. So now I have their set and play with my grands timeless!

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[AlanA]

1/12/2023 – The 30’s

Those owls appreciate 19-36.

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[camiller]

1/12/2023 30’s

The repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933. We would not have ABC stores if the Prohibition was not repealed.

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[Serdar]

@JessicaH 222028 wrote:

The 60’s.
1962. My early cycling days. One piece kits and fatty tires were the RAGE!

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That’s a great photo and memory, Jessica. But I am sorry to remind you that you need to find an item on your ride. You cannot bring it from home.

Rule 11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, not things you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified).

Please, delete #scavhunt from your Strava post on Jan 9. Unfortunately, I cannot give you a participation point on this day.

[LGRides]

1/12/23 ’30s

Herndon Old Town Hall. Built in 1939.
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[Boomer Cycles]

01/12/23 – the 30s

The Lockkeeper’s House, built in the 1830s, is the oldest structure on The National Mall, and was the terminus of a water canal along the northern boundary of The Mall that connected eastward to the Anacostia River and linked to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. President Washington hoped the District would be a major port, but it was not to be. The city canal was filled in in the 1870s and became Constitution Ave.

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[rumipumi]

1/12 the 30’s

I cant upload my photo dammit.

https://strava.app.link/gYchf79Lxwb

Tried again at 11:40pm. Still getting error message…

Trying from web browser

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