Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Snoopy's Park by TANA-B (1/1.5) (Archived) N49° 49.416  W97° 06.330 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 636265  N 5520740 Use waypoint: GC1GD8J Size: Micro    Hidden on 9/18/2008 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:         This cache is located in William Johnstone Park but the neighborhood kids call it Snoopy's Park. This is a quick find. Logbook only, could hold small items. Please replace it as found and bring your own marker. Please watch out for muggles. Enjoy the hunt! This cache is dedicated to my friend Sheldon. TANA-B

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9/22/2008 by Kabuthunk
N49° 49.416 W97° 06.333
Victory is mine! I had actually contemplated going after this one the day it came out, but ended up not having the time. Today however, I decided to swing by it on my way home.

At first I was rather perplexed as to it's location, since it seemed to initially be in people's yards. After finding a parking spot about 30 meters from ground zero, I found that my initial thoughts were indeed in error. I can safely say this is the first time I've seen a park that can only be accessed through a back-lane .

I'm not sure if it's the wonky satellite signals that caused it to be thrown off, but the "corrected" coordinates seemed to point me to the center of the back lane, close to someone's garage. As one can safely guess, I was quite perplexed by this . Checking the cache description and past logs in my palm pilot, I see that it had been moved in the past. I plugged the old coordinates in, and actually ended up what would be closer to the actual cache.

I've also added the coordinates that I obtained to this log. In theory, we'll get an average of the coordinates if a few people help you out .

But that aside, I can't tell why it's ACTUALLY called 'Snoopy's Park', but I can make my own guess as to why. It seems that in the yard immediately to the East of the park, there dwells a dog. It's not a beagle... it's not small... but it's white, anyway. And rather loud. And it certainly wasn't fond of my being in the park . Anytime I got within sight of it (ie: anywhere in or close to the trees on that side of the park) it would go into a barking frenzy, straining against the end of it's leash. A bit unnerving, to say the least. Now... combine THAT with the fact that while I was hunting for the cache, the garage immediately opposite the entrance to the park opened up, and someone inside began doing stuff. No clue what he was doing, but he kept looking at me every so often.

So I pulled my usual way of deflecting attention. Looking at my palm pilot and GPS, scratching my chin and furrowing my brow, pretending to reference things here and there and whatnot. Basically looking like I'm researching or studying or something. He quickly lost interest in me, and I could resume my search to an extent. And it paid off ! I had actually investigated that spot just slightly when I first got into the park, but had initially abandoned it when the coordinates were pointing me elsewhere. Turns out I should have gone with my gut instinct .

So I took the cache to that park bench off towards the back (thankfully out of the large white dog's view) and leisurely signed it. It was actually a beautiful afternoon out, compared to the drizzly morning and rainy evening. So I went nice and slow, to soak in the nice afternoon. After signing it up and tossing in a micromail ball, I made my way back to the hiding spot and replaced it as found. Walking back to the car, the white dog once again went ballistic, and got yanked back away from me by his leash *whew*. Not the friendliest fella on earth... but at least he's tied up. And fenced in .

Thanks for introducing me to yet another miniature park. Definitely a nice way to end a long, boring Monday at work .

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and micromail ball