Paulienzo

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! First things first, for the people with concerns regarding permission: We wanted to first plan out our idea and then contact the city (owner of the park) so we could be concrete when asking for permission. We wouldn't want to ask for permission and have to be vague about it, as we feel that might get us turned down. But we know who to contact, and we surely will once we have a clear idea of what we want to do for this hide. All in all, the suggestions regarding the water, maintenance and hindrance of other people on the course have been really insightful. Currently, I'm leaning towards doing something along the lines of what Capt. Bob is proposing here, for a Mystery cache: That way the cache would require you to do the course, but not in a way where you would impede other people. It also solves potential muggling and the cache possibly getting wet. As for this concern: No worries! As long as our country is on lockdown, placing a geocache is not something we are going to do. It does give us the time to think & plan it through, and ask for permission with the property owner though. Thanks for the input everyone, feel free to keep the suggestions/ideas coming!

Hello fellow geocachers! My girlfriend and I started geocaching together last summer; and we knew right away that we wanted to hide a cache ourselves one day. Now almost a year (and 100+ finds) later, we decided to start planning this small project. First of all, we needed a location, as we liked the fact that geocaching brought us to some unique spots we would otherwise have never noticed. We discovered that our city is building a big new public park right near our house, and went scouting on this location earlier. Inside this park, there are a few "ponds", one of which has an obstacle course crossing right through it. Immediately we started thinking about the possibilities of placing a cache on this course, but we're struggling a bit to come up with something that is 100% perfect for this. Things we thought about so far: 1) Making a waterproof cache + The water is cloudy, so the cache would be invisible. – I'm afraid the water level might affect the cache, and it would be visible when there is a streak of dry weather 2) Hiding the cache on top of the wooden stakes +) The cache would not have to be waterproof, and can't be spotted if you don't know if it's up there. – I can't figure how I could make a container that can be placed up there (and would stay there), without damaging the stake. In short, we are looking for a solution in which we: - Require the geocachers to complete a part of the obstacle source to get to the cache. - Can hide the cache unobtrusively, without damaging the course objects If anyone has any ideas / tips / feedback, feel free to share! I added 2 pictures of the obstacle course attached to this post, for reference.