Another helpful tip that I learned when placing my cache series “I’m in a rut” was to also get in contact with the homeowner’s association if there is one for the area.
In my case I actually needed their permission to place some of these caches but in doing so, they also alerted ALL of the homeowners in the area for me 🙂 As well as alerting their maintenance staff (volunteer teenagers mostly) who do trailside maintenance where the caches are all hidden.
These particular caches are on a VERY residential, blacktopped trail around a subdivision that passes very close to many houses but everything is “on the up and up” there and so far it seems to have worked well. Also, I stated this on the cache pages which probably makes the searchers feel a little more comfortable when searching on a trail that gets heavy use from the homeowner’s there.
None of us like giving the “what we are doing speech” but I find that directly meeting muggles in the area while hunting is a much better approach than trying to be “stealthy”. Especially in these “residential” or small park areas. Being stealthy makes you look suspicious. Trust me, I am far too suspicious looking from the get go 🙂
Ask s|s sometime about appearing suspicious…
