Jody in Arizona: Day 1

I was invited to present at the Southwest Conference of Language Testing with LTI and the Gila River Resort and Casina near Maricopa, a place I have seen from the freeway for more than a decade when visiting mom and dad during the winter. One of the best parts of the trip was spending the evening with mom and dad! They happened to have a dentist and hair appt in Maricopa the day I arrived, so they picked me up for dinner at Red Lobster and took me to pick up a few groceries before dropping me off at the hotel.