informing Neighbors

[team kamper]

Hi,

I have a cache i am Working on that has a couple houses that could possible be in view is there a letter or something describing Geocaching that I could give them so they don’t get suspicious of people walking around… also one I could carry with me so if the Boys in Blue ask I can so them.

[Walkingadventure]

I don’t have a letter but when I was placing one in a small neighborhood park, I saw the neighbor and his little son were out, so I used that time to approach them and tell them about what I was doing. He was very grateful. I encourage people to wave when they go to this cache.

Following the signals from space.

[Team Deejay]

WA has the right idea. It is commendable to try to touch base with neighbors, but you won’t get them all. This “Be Stealthy” nonsense has to go when you are in a residential or commercial area, even in a city park. If there are people around, either give up or get them involved. Whenever I run into people (especially hunters and children) near a geocache, I always make sure they know what is going on and what the cache looks like. They are more likely to leave it alone if they are “in on the joke”.

[BigJim]

I know of one cache that is on a dead-end in a residential neighborhood, and the neighbors DO NOT want it there. They prefer to have their peaceful, quiet dead-end with nobody coming around looking for silly hidden containers. They’ve removed the container twice and they will most likely remove it again … if the CO replaces it again. I’m hoping he moves it to someplace where it is welcome, as it contains coords for another cache in the area. If he had talked to the neighbors before-hand, he could have determined that this was not a good place for a cache and placed it elsewhere.

All opinions, comments, and useless drivel I post are mine alone and do not reflect the opinions of the WGA BOD.

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