Pointless Prize – Mailbox Collection

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I would like to sponsor a new pointless prize for 2021. #Mailbox

How to Play
If you’re riding along and you see a very unique mailbox:
1. take a photo of it (with or without your bike in the pic)
2. include it in your Strava post with the #Mailbox hashtag
3. post it to this Mailbox Collection Pointless Prize Thread in the Forum as well (this is where I’ll officially track/count entries)
4. you can also post to a Google album, “FS2021 Mailbox Collection” I created to make it easy for everyone to see all the entries at once. [Photos sort new to old]
5. include where you found the mailbox
— if your Strava settings include sharing photo location on your route map, that’s fine
— otherwise include text in your forum posting with an address or roughly where on a street
— if your photo has location tagging enabled, the location will show up in the Google photo album under photo info

For examples to get you thinking, check the Google album “FS2021 Mailbox Collection” I started.

• There are several from around the DMV (some from far away)
• All would count except the one of the plain mailbox just lying on the ground (I assume it was the victim of mailbox baseball; I found it funny at the time to be lying there all alone)
• The rainbow painted one is highly questionable, but I was feeling nice when I snapped the photo, and I’ll give it to you if you find; consider it a gift

Winners (Prize details to come…expect them to be mail and/or Easter egg related):
1. One subjective winner for most original / unique / creative (totally subjective and judged by a panel of me)
2. One for most mailboxes that qualify (Again, the jury of me makes the decision of whether mailbox meets the high hurdle of creative/unique enough to count)

Here is a link to a Google Spreadsheet I will use to keep track of submissions

Why?????

• There are some unique mailboxes out there
• It’s like an Easter Egg hunt (you never know where you’ll find one)
• I want to know where some cool mailboxes are (that I haven’t already found )

More details:

• You can include multiple mailboxes per ride
• If you find one that I’ve already shared in the Google album, I’ll count it for prize #2 (most mailboxes), but don’t hold high expectations for winning prize #1 (creative)
• Don’t think a wrap over a mailbox will count (you can try, but 99% sure I’ll toss it)…it better be one funny/interesting/crazy wrap
• My tastes tend to be biased toward intricacy and humor (but you never know what might strike my fancy and take the win)
• For the creative prize, the winner will the first person to post/share the mailbox if multiple people post it

Good luck, keep your eyes peeled, and have fun!!! -Kris

Topic

[bigredboiler]

@camiller 205390 wrote:

Mailbox found on Clara Barton Drive in Fairfax Station, VA

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Sweet! So much better than the generic fish mailboxes I’ve seen so far.
p.s. …and impressed you have time to find mailboxes when there are so many parks to see I really loved park hunting last year. Painful to not take the time to stop and photograph park signs anymore

[komorebi]

Mailbox painted with mallards, 8819 Southwick St., Fairfax VA:

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[Catedrew]

#Mailbox – Cow – 4701 6th St. S., Arlington, VA

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[Catedrew]

#Mailbox – Fish – 3124 9th St. N., Arlington, VA

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[Serdar]

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A mailbox at 7730 Helena Drive, Falls Church, VA

[Thor]

Not sure if this counts… but I couldn’t resist getting a photo of this mailbox w/ signage that I encountered on my gravel ride today in Loudoun County. The mailbox is located in rural Loudoun County on Bolington Rd just north of Morrisonville, VA.

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[Serdar]

@AlanA 204826 wrote:

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were on Eric’s ride to the Brookeville Beer Farm! There is no other reason to ride on Gregg Rd!!

Absolutely correct! I was on Eric’s ride thanks to which I explored a new route.

[Serdar]

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A mailbox at 6209 Em Street, Alexandria, VA
https://www.strava.com/activities/4641306501

[Serdar]

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A mailbox at 6582 Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA
https://www.strava.com/activities/4640678268

[Catedrew]

#Mailbox – Flamingos – actually, his entire yard is full of flamingos. I have posted the flamingo mailbox, but also a larger photo of the greater “Flamingo Lounge” in his yard. This is at 706 N. Ivy Street, Arlington VA

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[Catedrew]

#Mailbox -1/19/21 – I’d seen this on my rides before FS, but totally forgot about it. This is so cool – a cornstalk mailbox! It’s at 2809 18th St. S., Arlington, VA

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[AlanA]

@Catedrew 205818 wrote:

#Mailbox -1/19/21 – I’d seen this on my rides before FS, but totally forgot about it. This is so cool – a cornstalk mailbox! It’s at 2809 18th St. S., Arlington, VA

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Does it have popcorn inside it?

[Catedrew]

@AlanA 205821 wrote:

Does it have popcorn inside it?

I didn’t want to check – didn’t want to be accused of corn-tampering by the US Kernel Service.

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[Boomer Cycles]

Hurst St, Falls Church VA (near intersection w/ Virginia Lane & W&OD trail)

Corner of Adahi Rd SE & Nicholas Circle SE, Vienna VA

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[Sophie CW]

#Mailbox – found these oldies on Georgia Ave off Bel Pre Rd in Rockville, MD.
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