[GeoStL] Re: County parks
- From: "Dan Eubanks" <deubanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:07:07 -0600
Rich:
The problem is you called it an "ammo box." If you would have referred to it
as a "water-proof metal container" he most likely would have had no
reservations about you using it. Just as some people are uninformed as to
what Geocaching is they also know nothing about firearms. Some are
frightened by the very mention of guns or ammo. Just because that container
at one time had bullets in it gives some people the willies. As you can
probably tell I like to use "water-proof metal containers."
Dan
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[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of GC-RGS
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:05 AM
To: GC-maillist
Subject: [GeoStL] County parks
Last week I talked to Justin Hirsch who is the events coordinator for St.
Louis County Parks. I inquired about any problems placing caches in county
parks and told him I had talked to rangers at two different parks and they
had no problems. He had never heard of Geocaching, but has a GPS, and I
explained the process to him and gave him the GC.com website to review. He
said it sounded like a very reasonable use of the park land wanted to talk
it over and would get back with me.
I'm working on a cache at one of the parks and talked to the ranger there
who knew about geocaching and welcomed the caches in the park. I told him my
idea and the final cache would be an ammo box. He had concerns about that
and suggested I call Justin for the approval.
I just talked to Justin today and he said the county parks would welcome
the caches as long as ammo boxes are NOT used. Tupperware, micros, even tool
boxes are OK. Then, to my surprise, he suggested conducting a program in
conjunction with the Parks dept. on using a GPS and geocaching for the
public. He wondered where they could get enough GPS's for hands on use so
that's where I put in a plug for SLAGA and said we would be glad to
participate.
It would probably be held at Queeny Park since they have the indoor center
and there are several caches already there. He said they are working on
their schedules now and would get back to me soon so we could set up
something to fit their schedule.
Rich
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