Pointless Prize – ParkFinder

[Thor]

I am not clear on how the “average miles per park” is calculated for an individual. Could you explain that a bit more?

[CBGanimal]

The “Central Park” of Madrid is called “El Retiro” although it is closed because of the SNOW…I rode by and got some pics

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[Kbikeva]

On our New Deal ride today I came across this park. While I usually avoid parks and other stuff named for people, I was on a mission to do the New Deal ride and check “parkfinder” off along the way. Since the Parkfinder Master Mind was with us on the ride (and thus could see that I took the photo on the non-dog park side), I grabbed this one quickly before the other two Freezing Saddles contestants could do so.

So if you wonder who James Hunter is, this is the Arl Co writeup: James Hunter Park has a plaza terrace, open lawn, demonstration gardens, water feature and adjacent dog park (closes at 9 p.m.). The creation of an automated water management system to capture and reuse rainwater on-site and the integration of renewable solar power. The dog park is closed for maintenance on Mon., Wed. and Fri. from 10 a.m. to noon.

The park honors James B. Hunter III, an Arlington County Board member from 1990 to 1997, who is also the namesake of the James B. Hunter Human Rights Awards.

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[Thor]

Morvin Park on the west side of Leesburg, VA

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[Thor]

Morven Park is just off Old Waterford Road on the west side of Leesburg, VA.

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[Kbikeva]

This is a pretty cool park. It has a fantastic soccer arena and is beautifully landscaped. Just off the northeast corner is a marker telling about this area being the home of Laura Ratcliffe, spy for the Confederacy. She saved John Mosby’s life one night by going out to tell him about Union soldiers sent out to ambush him. She was also admired by J.E.B. Stuart. Her actual grave with marker is across the Dulles Toll Road right in front of the entrance to the Washington Dulles Mariott Suites (Worldgate Center).

Right across the road from Arrowbrook Park is a lovely little pond area with a nice boardwalk. It’s delightful on warm days.

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[HokieBeth]

The Birdhouse Park in Del Ray at the corner of Dewitt and Oxford Sts. There are dozens of birdhouses hanging from the trees in honor of Charles W. Hill

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[Thor]

Northern Fauquier Community Park is on the John Marshall Hwy one mile east of Marshall, Virginia.

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[camiller]

@Thor 205418 wrote:

I am not clear on how the “average miles per park” is calculated for an individual. Could you explain that a bit more?

At the end of the game it is the total mileage associated with your park rides divided by the total number of parks. You only get credit for one park per ride.

Thor, I cannot tell if you are showing up on the leaderboard (be sure to place #parkfinder in your title) but you can see how everyone is doing by checking here: https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/parkfinder

[josh]

@camiller 205618 wrote:

At the end of the game it is the total mileage associated with your park rides divided by the total number of parks. You only get credit for one park per ride.

Thor, I cannot tell if you are showing up on the leaderboard (be sure to place #parkfinder in your title) but you can see how everyone is doing by checking here: https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/parkfinder

Thor, time to start cropping/splitting your rides in Strava if you want to be competitive. Gotta minimize your miles per park. Or more effectively, don’t tag your rides until the last day or so, so that others remain complacent.

[AlanA]

@josh 205640 wrote:

Thor, time to start cropping/splitting your rides in Strava if you want to be competitive. Gotta minimize your miles per park. Or more effectively, don’t tag your rides until the last day or so, so that others remain complacent.

I’m not a big fan of the park spammers, and since Thor is my team Captain, I would advise him to go for the most miles per park. He started out with a nice even 100 for his first!! And, it would be a fun competition between team members.

Like everything in life. To each his own. If your objective is to “play the game”, go for it. I just get out for one ride a day and do what I can in that one ride.

[Kbikeva]

My riding partner and I decided to try to ride to each of the boundary stones on the Virginia side today, starting at East Falls Church and making a loop north, then down along the river to Jones Point, and then back to EFC via the stone locations. There were LOTS of parks, LOTS of hills, and LOTS of wind. So here’s today’s park, which holds the West stone (the most western boundary stone that marked the original District of Columbia before the part of DC in VA went back to VA).

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[Thor]

@camiller 205618 wrote:

At the end of the game it is the total mileage associated with your park rides divided by the total number of parks. You only get credit for one park per ride.

Thor, I cannot tell if you are showing up on the leaderboard (be sure to place #parkfinder in your title) but you can see how everyone is doing by checking here: https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/parkfinder

Thanks, camiller, for the clarification! And I am showing up on the ParkFinder board.

[Thor]

@josh 205640 wrote:

Thor, time to start cropping/splitting your rides in Strava if you want to be competitive. Gotta minimize your miles per park. Or more effectively, don’t tag your rides until the last day or so, so that others remain complacent.

I think that could pad an individual’s number of parks, but it’s also self defeating for “the most average miles per park” category.

[HokieBeth]

Local park at Hume Springs

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