Grunion Run 2008 & Summer Event Plans

Dee finally sent out an Evite to go see the grunion run.

So Chris, Dave, Sat, Erika, HangYee, Steph, Michael & I met up at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, CA.


The beach was crowded, because it's the peak time for families to come out & experience this "California only" event. But it's not necessarily the peak time for the grunions to come up. It didn't help that everyone was using flashlights & was wading in the water before the grunions came up on shore.

We got there at 10pm and waited until 12:15am for the crowd to go home... but they didn't. In the end, we didn't catch any fish. We agreed to come earlier in the season next year, so we can actually see the fish come up on shore.

The hungry folks (Steph, Michael, Erika & me) went to Koraku to eat ramen.

We decided to plan out the rest of the summer events, now that the work event season is wrapping up. Couple more obon festivals, Tofu Festival, etc.

As stated in my email,
This weekend: Mitsuwa Torrance summer festival, Pasadena Buddhist Church obon, Venice Hongwanji obon.
Next weekend: we're all in San Diego, so I didn't bother look.
Following weekend: Gardena Buddhist Church obon.
Mid-August: Nissei Week (minus Tofu Festival).

Time to send out Evites.