Pointless prize: Post Office

[AlanA]

Here are the basic rules that I’ve come up with so far:

1. One post per day (I’m not a fan of the spam rides) and no repeat post offices (per person). If two people post the same PO, I’m ok with that. If you find a bunch of great ones while on one ride, go back and do that ride again! Of course, this is on the honor system.
2. Use #PO on your Strava ride to make it official for leaderboards and post your picture to Strava for that ride.
3. Make sure you you get the name of the town in the picture. This is why I’m not requiring a picture of the bike.
4. Feel free to post your pictures to this post. There may be bonus points available for some of the more interesting ones. That could be important in the case of a tight contest! I’ll also enjoy seeing what you come up with.
5. lol, and bear with me as I come up with some way to keep you advised on who may be getting bonus points. I’m not very tech inclined. I pretty much ride my bike, travel and don’t do the tech stuff.

link to the FS leaderboard:

https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/PO

I’m still trying to figure out something for bonus points. Bear with me.

And now, as to why I am doing this:

I’ve done my fair share of travelling across the country, and I enjoy taking pictures of some of the really cool post offices while on a bike ride. Some are really big. Some are really small. Some are really old. Some have million dollar views. Some have $50 views. Your job is to find them!! (while riding your bike). I’m also not concerned about getting your bike in the picture. It’s not always that easy. And, if you feel you need to cheat to get a dumb prize, go for it!

I plan on coming up with prizes for the top three. I’m still not sure what the prizes will be, but I’m not a cheapskate! Maybe a book of stamps, maybe a t-shirt from some town with a cool post office, maybe a 6-pack of beer from a town with a cool post office. Who knows! That makes it even more exciting!

And for a bit of of what I’m looking for, I’ll post three of my pictures. The 1st is a small PO, the 2nd is a bit larger and the 3rd has million dollar views.

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p.s. I will also be playing along but don’t worry about me taking one of the prizes.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

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Casanova post office! So excited to find this one in a super-tiny older building with a little character!

[Serdar]

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Post Office, Buckingham Station, Arlington, Virginia, 22203 (235 N Glebe Rd)
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[AlanA]

@karenbikes2@gmail.com 216461 wrote:

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Casanova post office! So excited to find this one in a super-tiny older building with a little character!

You win a bazillion bonus points for that one!! Reminds me of a fun find in Ridgeway, SC. Not a PO, but an old Police Station (for the one-man crew).

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[AlanA]

@Serdar 216468 wrote:

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Post Office, Buckingham Station, Arlington, Virginia, 22203 (235 N Glebe Rd)
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I don’t think anyone else has posted that one. I’m surprised. That’s a pretty cool building.

[consularrider]

2/13 – Sanders Station on N 2nd St, RVA

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2/14 – Mosby Station, Arlington Blvd, Falls Church

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[CaseyKane50]

@AlanA 216478 wrote:

I don’t think anyone else has posted that one. I’m surprised. That’s a pretty cool building.

That used to be the Buckingham movie theatre.

[consularrider]

Dunn Loring, corner of Gallows Rd and Electric Ave

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[consularrider]

Eads Station (on Fern St, not on Eads St) in Pentagon City

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

And for the second time today, Dunn Loring post office! On the southwest corner of Electric Ave and Gallows Rd intersection.

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[bikedavid]

Doesn’t count but I thought it was pretty neat that the former Taqueria Nacional was inside a former Post Office building which I somehow never noticed until now. Eating tacos, mailing packages, same diff!

[AlanA]

@bikedavid 216664 wrote:

Doesn’t count but I thought it was pretty neat that the former Taqueria Nacional was inside a former Post Office building which I somehow never noticed until now. Eating tacos, mailing packages, same diff!

I’d certainly allow that picture. I see the words Post Office. I never said it had to be in current use.
And one of my previous pictures had a PO at a General Store/Restaurant so people actually were eating tacos and mailing packages!

[consularrider]

Alexandria, VA Main PO on Wythe St

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[consularrider]

2/19/2022 – Arlington, S Glebe Rd

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[consularrider]

Buckingham Station, N Glebe Rd

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[camiller]

Glen Echo Maryland PO The PO is in the left portion of this administration building.

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