Hiding a micro etiquette

[+Yeahoh]

Quick question for you all: What do you think about hiding a micro inside a gazebo at a local park? There is a catch, however, I noticed today when I was "researching" the spot that the gazebo is in MEMORY OF two people that passed away a couple of years ago.. Does that really matter do you think? It is a small 4"X6" sign that is located at the top of the gazebo. Thanks in advance.

[+swfirefly]

Unless that couple was into geocaching, I would say pass on that location out of respect. Otherwise, there's a nano hidden on a gazebo at a local park. Its a cool spot for a hide.

[+TheAlabamaRambler]

LOL, there's a nano or a micro at just about every gazebo in central Alabama... you don't even need to look it up - if you see a gazebo search it, there's likely a cache there somewhere!

 

Go for it.

[Skippermark]

I say go for it.

 

Someone donated the gazebo for others to enjoy. Many park benches in parks around here have plaques on them saying they were donated in honor of them.

[Skippermark]

Whoops, looks like a duplicate thread. I replied in the other one.

[+Wild Thing 73]

Go for it, should be no problem. Gazebo's are for fun and enjoyment and this one is in a public park. I have found one or two caches that has the same situation..."In memory of etc.." I really don't think anyone would mind you placing a cache in or around the Gazebo. Good Luck

[Mag Magician]

In honour of the dearly departed, make it a really evil, but in your face hide. That way, the dedicated can watch from above, or wherever they are, and have a laugh or two.

[Clan Riffster]

I think as long as you don't highlight the "In Memory Of" aspect on your cache page, you should be fine. A passing mention should be OK, if you wanted to bring it up at all. There's an urban micro in a pavillion north of me that took me 17 combined hours of searching to find. It remains a local legend to this day.

[Keystone]

I merged two duplicate threads together.

[+Renegade Knight]

Quick question for you all: What do you think about hiding a micro inside a gazebo at a local park? There is a catch, however, I noticed today when I was "researching" the spot that the gazebo is in MEMORY OF two people that passed away a couple of years ago.. Does that really matter do you think? It is a small 4"X6" sign that is located at the top of the gazebo. Thanks in advance.

 

Our society memorializes all kinds of things. There are memorial highways. Little plaques dedicating trees, park benches and so on. Don't even factor it in. The gazebo is there to enjoy by any and all casual users and caching is certainly one casual use way to enjoy it.

[+Proud Soccer Mom]

I've been in parks where everything is "in memory of" because that's how they got anything in the park (private donations). Since there are successful, enjoyable caches in cemeteries, I don't think a gazebo with an individual memorial plaque is any kind of ethics violation.

 

Geocaching isn't and shouldn't ever be defacing or devaluing property, so there's no harm in having a hide in a gazebo.

 

- Elle

[+Yeahoh]

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it. Wish me luck!!

[Skippermark]

Good luck.