My sincere thanks to the Phoenix area geocachers for providing me with the 
infrastructure for a fantastic geocaching vacation.  Thanks to your efforts, I 
had a real blast.  Loved the mix of urban (take the mind for a hike) and 
wilderness (take the body for a hike) caches that you have in the area.  Felt 
like a kid in a candy store ... sooooo little time, and sooooo many caches.  
The short driving distance to about a bazillion caches was especially fantastic 
… a geocaching day in Illinois usually involves a three hundred mile round trip 
to Chicago.

And also, thanks for the warm welcome you extended.  I was fortunate to meet 
many of you at the breakfast event and many of you while out caching.  It was 
great to talk to folks who enjoy this sport as much as you obviously do.  

Had the opportunity to personally thank Tres Hombres, Team Wyle E and Team 
CHUMP for the ideas (devious tricks) that were incorporated into caches I've 
hidden in Illinois.  I really hate the hiding part of geocaching, but am 
excited about introducing the local cachers to the new hiding methods you're 
using ... probably be tarred and feathered for some of those ideas. 

Since you're too close to the situation, you might not of noticed that your 
deviousness quotation has drastically increased since last year.  I thought 
Altoid boxes were pretty drastic last year ... but, tweezers and a magnifying 
glass?  And, some of the camo jobs were really great ... several first time 
hiders were stumping the old timers.  Wow!

Thanks again,
Tom (Jeepster)