Visiting the Liberte’

After walking into town and having a final meal we said good by to Teri and Bill Burch and watched as they were whisk away in their taxi to the airport. Another sad time and we hate to see any of our friends depart. We know it will be a few more days until we do the same, it’s a quiet time.

At 4:00 pm we caught a bus to Barra and proceeded down town where Linda bought a small stuffed frog. She named it Bailey and then packed it away into the backpack. We were in Barra to meet David Kilmer at the Sands Hotel. Dave and his small dog, Sam, arrived in his small dingy right on time and we motored out to their beautiful boat, Liberte’. As we arrived Rebecca Kilmer greeted us and gave us a grand tour of their sailing vessel a beautifully constructed Beneteau 361. Dave took some pictures of us on board and we settled in for a wonderful dinner. Linda and I brought shrimp and fish so the meal consisted of fresh Chula caught just off shore, seasoned lightly and quick cooked on the boats grill. Marinated camarones on a bed of wild rice complemented by curried carrots with bananas. It was an unbelievable meal!

We talked, drank and ate while evening breezes cooled the lagoon. After dinner I presented Dave will a paper plate that he and Jacob Rothrock had used to document a bet back in the states. Jacob had asked me to collect on the bet and so I presented it to Dave, we heard his side of the story and we exchanged a monitory sum paying off the bet. We laughed and talked until it was time to take the dingy back to Barra, hop a taxi and return home.

If you have an interest in reading my interpretation of the events connected to “The Bet”, just follow the link at the bottom of this page.

"The Bet"
The true story by the agent assigned to collect, Dean Bennett.