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  • in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112348
    Nadine
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    2/23/21 – mosaic

    I found some maybe mosaics but [emoji848] naaahhhh…. On my way home from what turned out to be a misadventure ride despite a great riding buddy and great weather, I just couldn’t shake this feeling /memory of a mosaic at my daughter’s elementary school.

    My daughter is 23 and lives in NYC, so I didn’t know whether or not to trust this memory. But it was fun to ride to the school again – I used to ride her to school when she was in 1st & some of 2nd grade, in a double burley. (It was mostly all hers by then – her brother was in 5th grade when she was in 1st – and while she’s always been on the small side, her brother is the opposite…. She’s just under 5’2 now and he’s just under 6’2″. He was almost my size by 5th grade. He used my size helmet when he was 5… now he uses that XL helmet size that only 2 companies make… She uses my helmet size. [emoji1744])

    Anyhow I got to the school and saw that the mosaic had been put up during Em’s first year there! No wonder I remembered it.

    I do hope it counts as a mosaic. It’s a li’l different w/its regular shaped tiles & design…

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112315
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    2/22/21 – Purple house

    Dammit I forgot to post it earlier. Hope that’s not a problem. I got it before dark…..

    I couldn’t find a purple HOUSE – but I found 3 purple doors. One was really dark. One wad kinda pale. This one was a nice purple. And funny thing, right by the trail [emoji38].

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112217
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    @Kbikeva 208350 wrote:

    But how would I have known that? I don’t know her, I don’t follow her on Strava, and it was just a view from a balcony. Remember, there are some of us playing who aren’t part of the original crowd. We don’t necessarily have the intel you have.

    I figured that… That’s why I shared mine! [emoji16]
    And here’s a li’l more, just for funsies, not relevant to this side bet or your question….Cbganimal is #1 on the individual leaderboard [emoji3][emoji1360][emoji1360][emoji1360]

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112192
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    @Kbikeva 208316 wrote:

    I don’t see other folks’ strava routes – just responding to her posting, “From my balcony” … if I had that view and today’s wind that we had, I would have thought twice about going out. Alas, I had to go out and discover there were no other cyclists out when I was.

    Yeah but she hasn’t missed a day on her bike since [emoji848]~ 2012-13?

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112162
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    @Kbikeva 208285 wrote:

    Did you bike to your balcony? Seriously though, nice view!

    Sure she did. See? https://www.strava.com/activities/4819154897

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112161
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    2/20/21 – great heights

    Hands free rider on the w&od seen from the Patrick Henry overpass!

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112123
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    @drevil 208258 wrote:

    2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

    On 2/20/1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. 211 years later, one of my favorite albums – Give Up – was released by the band The Postal Service in 2003. On this album is a song called “Such Great Heights” and it is the theme for the photo hunt for the day.

    On your ride, 229 years after the original Postal Service was created, take a creative photo from a high vantage point looking downwards, whether atop a bridge, overlook, or somewhere else that’ll give you a great overhead view. Bonus point if there is a clearly discernible biker in the photo. BTW, no selfies/danger pandas for this hunt.

    Happy hunting!

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    So interesting – I really like the iron & eine cover https://youtu.be/ZIq_KLMvIY8
    and I didn’t know it was a cover!

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112122
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    @Steve O 208266 wrote:

    Well, Pluto, of course, is no longer a planet.

    Boo!

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112095
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    @drevil 208202 wrote:

    I’m going to resist updating the hunted object after my initial post (like I did yesterday and today) because I know it can confuse people. Safety is always my concern, and like I and others have mentioned before, it’s just a pointless prize game… which I hope injects a little fun and interest on your rides. One thing about these mid-day updates is that I won’t ever make it harder.

    Everyone please be careful out there!

    It’s a great game. Gives me a destination on days when the weather is bad enough that a silly game within a silly game, rather than just a single silly layer, really helps me get out. Also I know I’m not the only one who keeps inadvertently finding things from previous days’ hunts. Makes me wonder if the point of your game is actually to wake up our powers of observation.

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112094
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    2/19/21 one of the 9 planets or the word planet

    And here I thought I was being so original looking for Venus….[emoji38] It’s even the same NAIL spa accordioneur went to….

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1112093
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    @accordioneur 208219 wrote:

    2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

    After yesterday’s car kerfluffle I thought it would be fun to satisfy today’s challenge with a car, but alas the two planetary car brands, Saturn and Mercury, are long defunct and it’s hard to find examples of them in the wild anymore. On a nicer day I might have searched further, but instead I headed for Plan(et) B, this salon just off of Route 7 in Falls Church. I stopped and snapped the photo but did not avail myself of any beauty services.

    Along the way I did spot not one but two Pontiacs. The Pontiac brand, which was my father’s favorite, has been defunct for about as long as Saturn and Mercury.

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    Oh no you didn’t! Hahaha if you’re gonna take a pic of the same place I’m gonna take a pic of…. Maybe we should ride there together [emoji38]

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1111626
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    @LhasaCM 208180 wrote:

    They have both hybrid and EV editions of the Niro, just to keep it confusing.

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    Thanks for clarifying!
    So this is a zoomed in shot of the car I took a pic of yesterday, to remove all doubt. This one is the ELECTRIC vehicle, not the hybrid.

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1111641
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    @drevil 208176 wrote:

    2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or word

    On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. He was a mathematician and astronomer during the Renaissance that proposed the heretical idea that Earth was not the center of the universe, but instead it was the sun.

    On your ride, find anything related to one of our 9 planets (yes, I’m including Pluto), whether it be a likeness or the name of the planet. However, if you take a picture of dirt and call it Earth, you’ll get exactly .25 points :D Let us know which planet is in your photo.

    Happy hunting!

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    Hahaha a picture of dirt and call it earth…. That would be baaaaaad [emoji38]

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1111640
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    @accordioneur 208164 wrote:

    drevil, I feel sorry for the headache you’ll have after scoring today’s hunt! For example, the Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid and the Niro is a hybrid. Neither are EVs.

    This lists the Kia Niro as an EV https://www.caranddriver.com/shopping-advice/g32463239/new-ev-models-us/

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    in reply to: Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt #1111671
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    2/18/21 – full electric car (no hybrids)

    In addition to not being tuned into cars, I don’t SEE very well…. (Glaucoma since age 26 – so when I don’t say hi to you on the trail it’s 150% because I can’t see that you’re my friend rather than a random cyclist. Say hi first! My ears are pretty good – I’ve recognized a number of my cycling buddies by voice!) Oh and today I knew the glasses would also be meh….

    Sooooo I posted something to my neighborhood listserv asking if anyone know of any electric cars in the hood. 2 neighbors came through with 3 cars. I found 1. After that I only looked at what kinda car if it had a rack. I think people probably removed their bike racks for the snow forecast.

    But this is a Kia Niro EV!

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