November 3 – I left the house at 6:00am for the Portland International Airport (PDX). I went through check-in and security rather quickly. I read David Baldacci’s “The Collectors”. The flight left on time at 8:36. I had requested an aisle seat over the wing. I had a window seat in the next to the last row. I could see Mt. Jefferson and the Three Sisters to the south as we left PDX. I arrived in Denver at 12:03pm. I had almost a four-hour layover. I ate lunch of ham & brie panini with chocolate chip cookie. I saw a statue and bronze plaque: John L. “Jack Swigert, Jr. 1931-1982 Astronaut Apollo XIII Congressman elect 1982.
I arrived in Miami at 9:33pm. It took about half hour to get my suitcase. It took two hours to get to The Clay Hotel via Super Shuttle. Located in the heart of South Beach, The Clay Hotel is 80-plus-year old Spanish Mediterranean-style hostel/hotel that has been a popular setting for TV series and movies, such as “Miami Vice” and “The Specialist”. I took my luggage to my room, walked to San Loco Taqueria to get chicken enchilada for a very late dinner and purchased a can of diet coke in the hotel lobby. I watched the night life on Espanola Way, an authentic Mediterranean calle, from my open room window as I ate a very late dinner. It was quite noisy outside but I was so exhausted that I slept soundly.
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