Hiya, I'm a geocaching newbie, but I spend a bit of time in the field collecting data (environmental scientist). You're right...people ignore me and get on with their business when I start taking photos of the environment and writing notes...especially if I start panning my camera in their direction So I'm counting on the same sort of reaction whilst caching. Maybe I'll use my dog Shea for cover on caches close to home, but I can't suffer her in the car with me on an away trip...she always insists on driving...and its just not a good look with a 60kg Irish Wolfhound at the wheel of mah 4x