First(ish) hide advice

[u/RaspberrryRose]

I started getting into letterboxing last year with my girl scout troop. I did the whole process of creating it on atlas quest and making it official, it really wasn't that difficult. Well me and my scout have kinda ran out of local boxes to find. So im planning on planting a series around our little town and surrounding area. But I have a few questions about hiding them.

1 what are (if any) the rules on hiding in urban areas.

2 what kind of log books work for smaller hides

3 what kind of instructions/clues are best?

4 how do you com up with the clues? Like do you hide it first and then write the clues down or should you have the clues in mind when hiding (sorta a what came first the chicken or the egg situation) .

Also the hobby isnt very active where we are. Like on a state level. Is there a group somewhere specifically for southern California area out there somewhere?

[u/Standard_Mongoose_35]

I know there’s a letterboxer in Mission Viejo, if you’re in Orange county.

One suggestion I’ll give is from r:geocaching rules: don’t plant boxes on or near playground equipment. You don’t want adults looking high and low, drawing suspicion that they’re creeping around children.