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 infoFor 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
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Stuart Mill Rd, Sully VA 22124 (near corner w/ Vale Road)
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To be clear, if found, a snowman built around a regular mailbox would absolutely count
Thanks for the sharing the pic! hilarious.Boomer – maybe the mailbox w/rooster is 882′ (feet) away from something
You have certainly been keen-eyed and prolific in your hunting. Thanks for all you’ve shared!
Alan – thanks for sharing still. I’ve seen a few of them myself (never in the city
. It’s a nice, bright mailbox always though. I’ve even seen an International Harvester one; it wasn’t as cool looking as the Deere though.@bigredboiler 207564 wrote:
Boomer – maybe the mailbox w/rooster is 882′ (feet) away from something
You have certainly been keen-eyed and prolific in your hunting. Thanks for all you’ve shared!
You got me hooked on hunting mailboxes now!
We’ve all seen them while on rides, but never occurred to me before to make that a ride objective. Brilliant game that now makes every ride an adventure, thank you.
I’m also trying to be more discerning in my selection criteria now that I “get” what you are looking for. Thanks for the feedback… and curating this great pointless prize competition [emoji1374]
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Appropriate mailbox for HokieBeth found in Reston. Across the street was a mailbox cover for that *other* Virginia university whose colors are blue and orange. Yahoos or woohoos or something like that lol
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Mailboxes from 2/10/21. I’m really enjoying this challenge, gets me out the door every day! Thanks for the incentive!
#mailbox
804 Triple Crown Rd, Reston near intersection with Glade Dr.
(This may not qualify as the mailbox itself is plain but as a whole with the enamel decorative number plaque and shells at the base of the post, I thought it interesting.)
12634 Magna Carta Dr, Herndon near intersection with Keele Dr
12353 Marionwood Ct, Reston, off of Timberwood Way near where it intersects with West Ox.
12484 Wendell Holmes Rd, Reston off of Quincy Adams
(This may not qualify as the mailbox itself is plain but I found it to be quite lovely taken as a whole, due to the colorful decoration on the post.)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
More mailboxes from my 2/10/21 ride….
12482 Wendell Holmes Rd, Reston off Quincy Adams
Riders Ln, Reston, approaching Wild Cherry from Steeplechase
11103 Glade Dr, Reston near the intersection with Twin Branches
(This may not qualify as the mailbox itself is plain but having it hanging on chains vs the more traditional pole mount I found interesting.)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
@karenbikes2 207635 wrote:
Mailboxes from 2/10/21. I’m really enjoying this challenge, gets me out the door every day! Thanks for the incentive!
#mailbox
804 Triple Crown Rd, Reston near intersection with Glade Dr.
(This may not qualify as the mailbox itself is plain but as a whole with the enamel decorative number plaque and shells at the base of the post, I thought it interesting.)
12634 Magna Carta Dr, Herndon near intersection with Keele Dr
12353 Marionwood Ct, Reston, off of Timberwood Way near where it intersects with West Ox.
12484 Wendell Holmes Rd, Reston off of Quincy Adams
(This may not qualify as the mailbox itself is plain but I found it to be quite lovely taken as a whole, due to the colorful decoration on the post.)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
As I was driving around today (shh, don’t tell anyone I also drive for fun), I saw a few “plain” mailboxes that were so plain, I thought they might count. But seriously, I did about a 70 mile drive, and you saw more interesting mail boxes on your ride than I did on my drive. I guess VA folks are more creative.
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