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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[kwarkentien]

@consularrider 216588 wrote:

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

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That’s true…now…but the original was indeed on Eads Street at NW corner of 18th and Eads.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

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US Post Office in downtown Manassas, corner of West and Church streets.

[consularrider]

Former Rockville Post Office, now a police station

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[consularrider]

Benjamin Franklin Station on Pennsylvania Ave, NW in Federal Triangle

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[consularrider]

Paradise, PA just off Lincoln Highway, US 30

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[Thor]

@AlanA 216478 wrote:

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

Yep, awesome exterior architecture, but a local resident says that it’s a “dump” inside…

[Thor]

Cute little post office in Paeonian Springs, VA on a breezy, spring-like Presidents’ Day… where Customer Parking doesn’t state “No Bicycles“!

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[Sophie CW]

Surprised at how large this post office is in Merrifield, VA:
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[Thor]

I rode out to point of rocks earlier this week and snagged a post office there that I don’t think anyone else has posted yet.

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[Sophie CW]

Ellicott City PO:
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[bikedavid]

The Glen Echo post office. Pretty neat that it’s an old house that not only serves as the Town Hall but also the post office.

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Falls Church Station Post Office, 800 W. Broad St.

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[Thor]

A little post office tucked into the Brightwood neighborhood on Georgia Avenue in DC.

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[camiller]

PO in Purcellville VA

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[Thor]

A rather bleak Congress Heights post office on Southern Avenue in DC.

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