I requested permission from the Missouri Dept. of Conservation office in in Columbia, MO for the placement of a cache in the Three Creeks area south of Columbia.
I receive a very nice phone call from a woman (I can't remember her name) who asked me some questions about geocaching. She said that there was only one cache at Three Creeks that was authorized at present. I think there are at least 3. I found two of them this week.
She is sending me a land use permit and wants me to tell her exactly where the cache will be hidden, include a warning about deer season, and promise to remove the cache after a year.
I have only been geocaching for a few months and am beginning to wonder if it is worth the trouble of placing my own.
I encouraged her to view the geocaching website to learn about geocaching. (She will probably discover there are some unauthorized cache in 3 Creeks). I stressed that it is good family fun that gets people out enjoying the scenery and using the conservation areas. Geocaching took me to an area of 3 creeks that I didn't know existed and I have lived in the area for 20 years.
