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

[Nadine]

@CBGanimal 223560 wrote:

1/31/2023 Backward day

I biked to yoga and did a down dog and took a backward pic using the mirror…yup my ass is big [emoji23]

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Hey don’t knock it. We flat butts hafta get cushy seats to ride our bikes, be all careful about padded shorts, and oh yeah I bring 2 sweaters into restaurants cuz one’s a pillow. I also use a pillow at the dining room table and in the car. So [emoji1377] girl you need to appreciate that ass [emoji38]

[Nadine]

2/1/23 – Texas sized

The masonic temple is in between a coupla neighborhoods & the amtrak station – so it’s the largest thing around –

Yeah I know I’m late. I was up late talking with my husband who’s on central time – and then struggled to get my photo uploaded for a bit….

But hey at least I remembered to do it before going to bed, unlike the last 3 days….

[emoji16][emoji1744] Nadine

[cvcalhoun]

@Jan Johnson 223607 wrote:

#scavhunt Texas day
This giant monolithic granite stone from Texas, was placed in Lady Bird Johnson Park in Arlington, to honor our Texan president, Lyndon B. Johnson. This 41 ton, 18 foot high sculpture was given a “rough hewn” surface to reflect the rough hewn nature of LBJ. Geologists have decided that this monolith is over a billion years old.

And of course, LBJ thought of himself as quite old. Apparently, one of the reasons he didn’t run again (besides the whole Vietnam war thing) was that he was 59, and wasn’t sure he would survive another four years. And he was almost right–he died at 64. Yes, those were the days when we thought 63 was too old to be President…

[bikingjenn]

2/1/23 Forgot to post the Texas object oops. It is a sunflower in Arlington

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[Serdar]

Time to announce the other winners of the main prize! And they are …

1/25/23: Opposite Day – drevil for a funny salmoning tandem ridden by one rider; LGRides for hoodie, helmet, glasses, and jacket worn back to front (or front to back, I am confused) while “riding” a bike backward; CBGanimal for two Chris of the opposite gender; Steve O for taking time to type the word “monument” upside down; JoM for a symmetrically positioned wheel over rough and smooth parts of the trail

1/26/23: End of the Vietnam War – Kbikeva for a beautiful composition photo

1/27/23: National Chocolate Cake Day – Kbikeva for being the only one eating a chocolate cake (pop); drevil for a queen with a chocolate crown

1/28/2023 Data Privacy Day – cvcalhoun for protecting her data literally (by deleting her bank name) and figuratively (for wearing a mask to protect her data from viruses).

1/29/2023 National Puzzle Day – DCAKen for finding quite a puzzling car

1/30/2023 FDR – bikesnick for finding a way to make an FDIC photo beautiful and link to FDR; LhasaCM for shouting out Frances Perkins; JoM nice shot of Archives last night and poetic quotation

1/31/23: National Backward Day – Kbikeva for “goose duck duck” story’ Mtansill for gorgeous door shot

2/1/23: National Texas Day – JoM with giant golf ball and small ball for perspective; DCAKen for Cupid’s span

Congratulations to the leaders of the main prize!

[CBGanimal]

2/2/23 Ground Hog Day

Yup found some really ground hog!

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[Jan Johnson]

Hilarious!

[Jan Johnson]

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Sorry crocus. The groundhog said you had to endure the winter just a few more weeks.
#scavhunt Groundhog Day

Jan Johnson

[Jan Johnson]

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Sorry, crocus. A little, furry rodent decided you need to endure 6 more weeks of winter.

[Jan Johnson]

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Sorry, little crocus. A furry little rodent decided you needed to endure six more weeks of winter.

[Jessica Hirschhorn]

2-2-23: Groundhog Day: Puxatawney Jessica sees her shadow, and predicts 6 more weeks of Freezing Saddles!

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[Kbikeva]

2/2/23 Groundhog Day

These massive machines hog the ground and turn it into buildings in parking lots.

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[LGRides]

2/2/23 Groundhog Day

My bicycle barely saw its shadow, but enough to know we’re in for 6 more weeks of “freezing” conditions.

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[bikesnick]

2/2/2023 – Groundhog Day
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At 1000, my bike did NOT see its shadow; hurry Spring.

[camiller]

2/2/2023 Groundhog Day

This sweet neighborhood mailbox bird heard that there will be 6 more weeks of winter and said it is prepared and dressed for the weather!

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