There were lots of purple jelly-fish in the water. I saw one that was in danger of being washed onto the shore. I kept filling a cup with water to get it back into deeper water. A woman spoke to me later and explained that it's safe to touch these jellies (meduzah/meduzot). These don't sting as do the white ones in Tel Aviv. They are a rare visitor to Eilat.
Ethan and Ana joined us, and got to listen to a long conversation in Hebrew between Ethan and the Israeli couple.
Later, I swam out further and on the way back stopped amidst groups of meduzot. John had brought a speaker, so we listened to American music. Ethan had brought beer, so we toasted the US Memorial Day weekend. A man, originally from Wisconsin, and his children and grandchildren set up a camp site next to us. They live on a Kibbutz in the Arava. John shmoozed with the man while Ethan and I saw some more and Ana sat in the waves.
Still no word about work resuming.
Tonight begins the forty-fourth day of the Omer:
To lead is to serve. The greater your success, the harder you have to
work to remember that you are there to serve others; they are not there to serve you.
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