[Serdar]

Hello, our biking fellows. Thanks for your active participation. Janet and I enjoyed your photos, findings, and interpretations. Now, it is time to announce the topics for the last two days of the 2023 Freezing Saddles competition.

Saturday, March 18 – Wild card! But your photo must show action, emotion, and engagement. Here is an example photo.

Sunday, March 19 – Post action, emotion, and engagement photos again! But this time, include a bike.

Happy hunting!

Oh. I almost forgot. In the last two days, the winners get five points.

[Serdar]

@Nadine 225211 wrote:

3/9/33 – rainbow

This is in the fence outside oak something elementary school in falls church – where Kathy R’s girls went to school.

Also I wore my [emoji2523] socks for the occasion [emoji16][emoji2523][emoji1377][emoji304]

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Good that you have a rainbow mosaic in the photo because the sock counts as an item brought from home. But thanks for the dedication to the day’s topic!

[Serdar]

@LGRides 225209 wrote:

3/9/23 Rainbows

Hawaii is the Rainbow State, as depicted on my jersey. Also, my phone case has rainbow paw prints. [emoji3590][emoji3448][emoji172][emoji170][emoji171]

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I am so sorry to say that these items are brought from home.

[Serdar]

@bikesnick 225167 wrote:

3/8/2023 – sparrow
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Avast mateys, the Black Pearl, she has run aground! Where is Cap’n Jack Sparrow?

He’s on Kent Island

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300 Willard Point Rd, Stevensville, MD 21666

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@Kbikeva 225249 wrote:

3/11/23 Dasher

My alma mater high school is hosting a Southwestern region track and field event. Where else to find a Dasher?

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Another action shot I love!

[Serdar]

@cvcalhoun 225255 wrote:

3/11/2023 Dasher

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I love this action photo! You caught her in the air!

[Serdar]

@Nadine 224613 wrote:

2/22/23 – wordplay Wednesday

I love word games – but not the single word kind you play by yourself…. But hey you guys said to be creative….. sooooooo instead, I managed to ride an anagram of my address in miles today [emoji2][emoji2957][emoji1744]

Sorry, Nadine. Your submission doesn’t count because you didn’t do a daily word puzzle. Could you remove the #scavhunt hashtag from your Strava on 2/22?

[Serdar]

Some more winners of the main prize! Congratulations!

2/18/2023 Saturday Service – JessicaH for the photo of the spontaneous trail cleanup and CBGanimal for being inspired to pick up trash

2/19/2023 Sustainable Sunday – sszibler for one of DC’s largest community solar projects

2/20/23 Manic Monday – Nadine for the action photo of her new FS-er friend, DCAKen for how far a vehicle travels in the blink of an eye

2/21/2023 Timeless Tuesday – Boomer2U for an excellent action shot of people walking on the crosswalk

2/22/23: Wordle – CBGanimal for a selfie with bicycle coffee club goers, bikingjenn for a photo of bicycle coffee club goers

2/23/23 Thankful Thursday – Steve O for father-son bonds, DCAKen for the photo of Beach Drive, loved by all of us, closed to through traffic

2/24/23 Foodie Friday – AlanA for farm-grown pizza and beer; DCAKen for artistic shot of sushi restaurant at night

2/25/23 Wicked Witch – AlanA for hilarious traffic cone as witch hat mass production, JoM for the photo of the witch who cast a spell on bicyclists from the DC Area to ride and take photos every single day of winter in and out of the DC Area, including himself

2/26/2023 – Silver/Ruby Slippers – cvcalhoun for the shoes that many little girls might consider magical, bikesnick has a great pun!; KBikeVA for a great photo of feet sticking out; sszibler for Treasury connection (cool bike action shot, too)

2/27/2023 Yellow Brick Road – DCAKen yellow crossing bricks; CBGanimal yellow “brick” steps

2/28/23 Scarecrow – bikingjenn for a truly scary coconut

3/1/2023 Tin Man – Kbikeva for a tin man who offers you beer and pizza, CBGanimal for a tin man that looks almost just like in the movie, Boomer2U for a giant tin man

3/2/2023 Cowardly Lion – DCAKen‘s great lion shot

3/3/23 No place like home – Kbikeva for two cute baby goats living in a warm and dry home, sszibler‘s Emerald City

Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!

[Serdar]

The jury finally decided on some winners left TBD before. Please, find their names below, and thanks for your patience.

2/14 Errands – Steve O for a well-loaded produce bike; ALClayville for Valentine’s errand

2/16/23 – License Plate: consularrider, camiller, Boomer2U, tie for roughly 4,300 miles to Alaska (standard rules) and bikingjenn for Indonesia (diplomatic rules); pandering to judges as clever and cuties appreciated but bait not taken this time

Congratulations to the winners!

[Serdar]

Scavenger Hunters, check the first page of this thread for new topics.

[Serdar]

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Birthday present from a dear friend who knew I went skiing to celebrate.

[Serdar]

Okay. New topics.

I am typing new topics as a new post because the first post in this thread cannot take any more characters.

Anyone need a pick-me-up? This week’s scavenger hunt is inspired by Burl Ives’ “The Donut Song” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzV-8TofHTw).
It’s a good song to sing when you need to remember to accentuate the positive, and it comes with a bonus challenge! Any day of the week earn an extra point for finding one of these things from Verse 2:
– Bulldog wearing Pants,
– Dancing Alligator,
– something from “Pango Pango”

3/4/23 Saturday Lines
3/5/23 Sunday Squares
3/6/23 Monday Donut
3/7/23 Tuesday Hole
3/8/23 Wednesday Sparrow
3/9/23 Thursday Rainbow
3/10/23 Friday Philosophy

[Serdar]

Fellow Freezing Saddlers,

Thank you for playing and submitting your creative interpretations of the daily challenges. They are so good that we need help deciding on the best ones. Please, find some winners below. We will announce the other winners later.

2/10/23: wild card – Mtansil for her bike as Kasparov playing against George as Deep Blue

2/11/2023: Pointless kids – Kbikeva for teaching a kid to ride a bike

2/12/23 Superb Owl: ALClayville for a story about Snappy, cvcalhoun for finding a beautiful mosaic owl

2/13/2023 – Architecture: JoM for the most unusual architectural find – “Eye of the Sun.” cvcalhoun’s submission of the “Mushroom House” is unique too, but it was not new to the judges. At least one remembers the mushroom house from the previous season of Freezing Saddles.

2/14/23 – Errandeering: TBD

2/15/2023 Free Little Library: drevil for finding the Free Little Library made of Legos, JoM for finding a house that looks just like the Free Little Library in front of it; cvcalhoun for finding the Free Little Library made of a grandfather clock.

2/16/23 – License Plate: TBD

2/17/23 Calvinball: LeftyLaura for hopping the fence to capture a troll under the bridge. This photo is dear to Serdar’s heart because he took it during Kbikeva’s art ride in Reston a year or two years ago. You say guessing what Serdar likes is unfair and not in the rules? I say it’s Calvinball.

Thank you! And please continue being as creative as you are. It is fun and educative to see your photos and stories.

[Serdar]

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Captain Jack Sparrow at Chesapeake Crab 🦀 on Kent Island
New2Me public art

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2/24/23 – Foodie Friday
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Russian pancakes

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