A plot to take Jay to Las Vegas without his prior knowledge was hatched just days before. Anju helped us out by filling in at the store while Jay joined me to pick up some packages delivered by UPS. On the way, we see three women hitchhiking. I stopped to pick them up; they identified themselves as Sandy, Mandy, and Candy, and so began our foolery to bring Jay on a surprise visit to Vegas.

We left Phoenix at 3:15 and arrived in Vegas at 7:45.

Jay hadn’t been to Vegas before, and as he was leaving America in a few weeks, he just had to go.

We went up the Stratosphere to ride the Bigshot and X-Scream at midnight,

Walked all over the place, goofing off until 4:30 a.m.

Goofing off until Jay passed out. Just kidding, we headed to our hotel to get all of 3 hours of sleep, figuring it was better than nothing.

We awake early and are back on the road at 7:45 a.m. to Phoenix so Jay can get to work by noon. Here we are at Hoover Dam on the Arizona side. That’s Caroline Wise, Jay Patel, Rinku Shah, and Raenu.